Introduction Poem Line 1: Your first name or nickname Line

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Introduction Poem

• Line 1 Your first name or nickname
• Line 2 4 Traits or qualities (adjectives)
• Line 3 Brother/Sister of
• Line 4 Lover of (3 ideas, groups, people)
• Line 5 Who feels (3 emotions)
• Line 6 Who needs (3 items)
• Line 7 Who gives.. (3 items, ideas)
• Line 8 Who fears (3 things)
• Line 9 Who would like to see (3 ideas, items)
• Line 10 Who live ( describe briefly)
• Line 11 Your last name only

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Example Introduction Poem

• Linda---
• Honest, carefree, content, and generous,
• Sister of Fran, Jim, and Elaine.
• Lover of the freshness of spring, the laughter of
  a child and the excitement of new green leaves,
• Who feels joy when traveling, loneliness in the
  dark, and nervousness in the dentists chair.
• (cont. next slide)

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• Who needs sunshine, Saturdays, and friends,
• Who gives support, encouragement, and smiles,
• Who fears pain, snakes, and the end of a good
  book,
• Who would like to see respect for our
  environment, peace in our families, and better
  housing for the poor,
• Who lives in a small gray house down on Grover
  Street,
• --- Moore

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2 Tone Poem

• Psychologists tell us that certain colors trigger
  certain feelings or moods in people. Some
  colors are warm others are cool. Some colors
  attract attention others blend in.

• Write your thoughts in poetic lines using strong
  imagery and tone. Try to make up an original
  name for your colors- elephant grey, pickle
  green, etc.

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EXAMPLE of 2 Tone Poem

• Other days Im a faded grey-
• Rumpled and crumpled and careless and useless,
• Soggy and sleepy and all worn-out.
• But watch out folks! cause today Im red!

• Some days Im firecracker red-
• full of energy and smart remarks,
• like a wild bull, ready to attack the world!

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Month Metaphor

• Choose a month and try to describe how it
  arrives.
• Is it a feeble old man, a playful puppy, an
  energetic basketball star?
• Decide what it is and how it moves. Use motion
  words and show something else it does while its
  here. You can also show how it leaves.

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Example of Month Metaphor

• January struts in
• With its red nose high in the air.
• It blows on its icy hands,
• Stamps its feet on the frozen ground
• Then marches haughtily away.

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Month Metaphor 2

• May tiptoes in
• quietly, shyly,
• Strewing daisies
• here and there
• As she twirls and dances lightly
• over the soft, new grass.

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Motion Words

• March wobble
• Stagger sneak
• Skip zoom
• Prance tramp
• Float dance
• Tiptoe shuffle
• Gallop scurry
• Hop spring
• Trot Leap
• glide creep

• Bound bounce
• Saunter canter
• flutter sweep
• lurch wander
• dart skulk
• flit trudge
• Crawl stride
• slip sprint
• waddle race
• Jog drag drift

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Contrast Poem

• Line 1 general idea
• Line 2 3 words that describe how the speaker
  feels in each place
• Line 3 a phrase that tells how he feels when
  hes there.
• Line 4 a phrase telling what he does in each
  place.
• Line 5 what or whom he feels like in each place.

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Example of Contrast Poem

• In my neighborhood-
• relaxed, tough, cool,
• in control,
• calling the shots
• the King!

• In class
• tired, tense, afraid,
• over my head,
• reaching for help
• a nobody.

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Letter Poem

• 1. Think of a person to whom you might write a
  letter poem real, imaginary, fictional
  character, comic strip)
• 2. Think of a theme and tone
• Apology (serious/humorous)
• Complaint (angry or witty)
• Admiration (sincere or satirical)
• Questioning (simple or rhetorical)
• 3. Limit to 40 words!

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Example of Letter Poem

• Dear Michael,
• Your letter made my autumn
• Crisp and colorful
• breezed by gentle ares,
• memoried with weres.
• The thought of writing back
• warmed my winter!
• Let me know if the glow survives the
• trip
• An envelope seems so thin a wrap
• in December!

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One Sentence Poem

• Show the reader how you feel, do not tell.
• The way your arrange the lines can help bring out
  the meaning and the feeling.
• Choose two starters from the list and then
  respond to it in one clear, crisp sentence.
  Include specific details to show, not tell!

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Sentence starters

• A babys attempts to get what he/she wants
• Saying goodbye to someone or some place you
  loved/hated
• Your favorite time of day
• What you did in class or for homework
• A friend/pet you had when you were young
• A game you play and enjoy
• A moment of triumph or defeat

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One Sentence Poem Example

• I thought
• it would
• be easier
• Before I left,
• if I took
• one last look
• from the hill
• Where we used to watch
• the
• seasons
• change,
• but
• I was
• wrong.

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Circle Poem

• Write a poem where your title triggers the word
  or phrase of your first line, which in turn
  triggers the next line. Your poem will end when
  your last line circles back to the beginning.
  You must have at least 10 words. Illustrate the
  poem.

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Circle Poem examples

• SNOW TRACKS
• Bird madness
• petro glyphs
• tombstones
• Stonehenge
• Great Wall
• Yin-Yang
• Lost and Found
• Wedding Gown
• No Sound
• Wet Windowpane
• Snow bound

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Circle Poem Example

• Vikings
• Scandinavia
• snow
• white
• elves
• magic
• night
• owl
• wise
• man
• primates
• orangutan
• red
• autumn
• Leif