Tuesday, March 10

Get out your Poetry Packet.

Objectives: Today I will read and draft onomatopoeia poems & personification poems.

Homework: 

• Finish drafting onomatopoeia and personification poems if you do not finish in class
• Last day to turn in late work is Friday!

Agenda: 

• Share Your Poems!​
  • Choose at least two new poems to share with your table group
  • Then, discuss: What has been your favorite type of poem to write? To read? Why?
  • Any volunteers to share favorite lines/poems with the class?
• Onomatopoeia Poems (page 17)
  • ​Onomatopoeia: A type of word that sounds like what it describes
    Ex. Pop, boom, plop

• Onomatopoeia Poems (page 17)
  • Example: "Running Water"
    water plops into pond
    splish-splash downhill
    warbling magpies in tree
    trilling, melodic thrill
    whoosh, passing breeze
    flags flutter and flap
    frog croaks, bird whistles
    babbling bubbles from tap ​​
  • Which words in this poem sound like what they describe? Circle/underline them!
  • Example: "The Rusty Spigot" by Eve Merriam

• Alliteration: using the same sound at the beginning of words
  Ex.  the sweet sparrow sang a song
  • ​Alliteration is not necessary for onomatopoeia poems, but it adds to the sound experience!
• Now You Try!
  • ​Choose a setting/topic.
  • Close your eyes. What sounds do you hear? What do you see in your mind?
  • Write down all sounds & sights.
  • Then, draft a poem using at least two examples of onomatopoeia
  • Your poem should be at least 5 lines long
• Personification Poems (page 18)
  • Personification: to give human qualities to something not human

• Now You Try!​
  • Choose a non-human object/topic
  • Brainstorm qualities using sensory language. What does it do? How does it move/not move?
  • Compare those qualities to human traits (consider movement, actions, feelings)
  • Use personification at least once in your poem draft.
  • Your poem should be at least 8 lines
• Extra Time?
  • ​Continue drafting your onomatopoeia or personification poems.
  • Finish incomplete poems from earlier in the unit.
  • Work on missing work for this class.
  • Read a book.

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