Wednesday, March 4

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​

• 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:

• 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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