Tuesdays: Poetry
Week 1: Autobiographical Poem (I loved doing this one with my high school students to get to know them!)
Write a poem about yourself using this form.
Line 1:_____ (your name)
Line 2:_____,_____,_____ (3 personal characteristics or physical traits)
Line 3:Son/Daughter of _____ (list parents)
Line 4:Who loves _____,_____,_____ (3 people, places, things, or ideas)
Line 5:Who feels _____ about _____ (emotion about one thing)
Line 6:Who needs_____, _____, _____ (list 3 things you need)
Line 7:Who gives _____,_____,_____ (list 3 things you share)
Line 8:Who fears _____,_____,_____(list 3 things you fear)
Line 9:Who'd like to see _____ (1 person or place)
Line 10:Who dreams of _____ (1 thing you dream)
Line 11: Future _____ (1 job or occupation you think you'd like)
Line 12:_____ (Nickname)
Week 2:Color Poem
Week 3:Diamante (synonym)
Week 4:Haiku-What Am I? (Practice by identifying the animals in these Haikus.)
Week 5:Limerick
Week 6:Quatrains (A-B-A-B rhyming pattern, 4 lines)
Week 7: Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
Week 8:Acrostic Poem, or Halloween Acrostic Poem
Week 9:Funny Epitaph Poem (Good for around Halloween!)
Week 10:Clerihew Poem
Week 11:Concrete Poem
Week 12:Funny List Poem (See Sick by Shel Silverstein)
Week 13:Free Verse Poem
Week 15:Portrait Poem (Portrait Poem #2, 1st Stanza)
Week 16:Paint Chip Poetry
Week 17:Diamante (antonym)
Week 18:Haiku
Week 19:Limerick
Week 20:Quatrain (A-A-B-B rhyming pattern, 4 lines)
Week 22:Portrait Poem (Portrait Poem #2, 2nd Stanza)
Week 23:Never Poem
Week 24:Printable Poem Pocket
Week 25:Book Spine Poetry (You'll want lots of kids picture books on hand)
Week 26:Cinquain
Week 27:Tanka Poem
Week 28:Elizabeth Barret Browning: How Do I Love Thee?
Week 29:Portrait Poem (Portrait Poem #2, 3rd Stanza)
Week 29:Portrait Poem (Portrait Poem #2, 3rd Stanza)
Week 30:Apology Poem
Week 31:Fractured Nursery Rhyme
Week 32:Silly Song Parody
Week 33:I Cannot Write a Poem
Week 34:What Bugs Me Poem
Week 35:Langston Hughes: What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
Week 36:Choose any from above!
Week 33:I Cannot Write a Poem
Week 34:What Bugs Me Poem
Week 35:Langston Hughes: What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
Week 36:Choose any from above!
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