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Here is where you will find an outline of our class activities. Homework will be posted here as well as links to any documents you may need.
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Wednesday, March 4

3/4/2020

 
Get out your poetry packet & open to your “Where I’m From” poem!
If you have not yet added a visual to your poem, draw one after your poem!

Objectives: Today I will read and draft limericks and cinquains.

Homework: 
  • Finish drafting limericks and cinquains if you do not finish in class
  • Last day to turn in late work is Friday, March 13th

Agenda: 
  • "Where I'm From" Poems​
    • Share your “Where I’m From” poem with your table group.
    • What was challenging about this poem? What were your successes in writing this poem?
    • Volunteers to share your favorite line(s) with the class?
  • Mrs. Weber's Example (Stanza 1):​
    • I am from gel pens,
      From Neosporin and IKEA bookshelves.
      I am from my mom’s “little broken house.”
      (ivy-covered, fire-warmed,

      learning to walk on slanted kitchen floors.)
      I am from untamed corn stalks and pea plants,
      overgrown in the garden we rarely tended.
  • Key Elements of a Poem​
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  • Limerick
    • use rhyme scheme in a 5-line format
    • A 5-line poem with rhymes in lines 1, 2, and 5, and then another rhyme in lines 3 and 4
    • Example:
      What is a limerick, Mother?
      It's a form of verse, said Brother
      In which lines one and two
      Rhyme with five when it's through
      And three and four rhyme with each other.
    • Now you try! Write a limerick with 5 lines and an AABBA rhyme scheme
  • Cinquain
    • ​Another 5-line poem that describes a single topic
    • ​Remember, an adjective describes a noun (person, place, or thing). Synonyms are words with the same or similar meaning. 
    • ​Examples:
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  • A Cinquain follows this format:
    • Line 1: Noun
    • Line 2: Adjective, Adjective
    • Line 3: -ING word, -ING word, -ING word
    • Line 4: Short (~4 word) phrase describing the topic
    • ​Line 5: Synonym
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