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5 My name is My class is Write your own cinquain poem below: Cinquain Poetry My name is My class is Write your own cinquain poem below: Cinquain Poetry More resources >>>

6 Acrostic Poem Acrostics are poems that go down and across. The poems don t have to rhyme, and they can have as many words as you like. You can choose any subject you like, even your own name. Highlight or make the word you chose bold in some way. Here are some examples: C runchy, munchy O h, so sweet O odles of chocolate and nuts K ids love them! I like to eat them hot from the oven E veryone waits for them to cool. J umps high O ver the high jump bar H ighest on the team N ever a bad attitude N ice to everyone Y es, he s a great kid! S occer player extraordinaire M any animal pets at home I ntelligent, especially at math T en years old on May 12 th H e likes to write Acrostic Poems!

7 Alphabet Alliteration Poem In alliteration, each important word in the line begins with the same letter. These poems end up being crazy, nonsense poems. Use your imagination and alliteration skills to write three words for each alphabet letter. If you want to, write longer alliteration phrases. First word: an adjective (word describing a noun) Second word: a noun (the subject - the person or thing) Third word: a verb (showing the action that the subject does). For example: A wesome ants ache B ony baboons bake C razy cats crawl D izzy dogs drool E ager egrets eat F erocious ferrets fake. etc.. Z ippy zebras zoom or if you are feeling creative, make them longer and more interesting! A rtistic anteaters ate anchovies in the afternoon in autumn B eastly bears begged for bamboo and bread with butter C ostly critters cut catnip for crying cats top chew D esperate dingoes dig for dinosaur bones using dull diggers... etc.

8 Cinquain Poem Cinq means five in French. A cinquain is a special kind of five-line poem with a very strict form. Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 One word the subject of the poem This word is a noun. Two words describing the title These words are adjectives, words that describe the noun Three words expressing action These are verbs that tell what the noun in line one does. Separate the verbs with commas. Four words expressing a feeling This can be a short phrase or a series of words. One word that is another word for the subject This should be a synonym for the subject Here are some examples: Eyes Large, mysterious Watching, rolling, blinking Tell more than words Vision Motorcycle Noisy, fast Racing, climbing, crashing Fun on two wheels Dirt bike Cats Independent, friendly Meowing, purring, sleeping I love my cat Feline

9 Color Poem Color poems use your imagination and senses to investigate a subject. The focus of the poem is on using similes and metaphors. Similes compare two unlike things using with words like or as. For example: "The lake is like a whirlpool". Metaphors are like similes without using the word "like" or as. They state that one thing is something else. An example of a metaphor is The lake is a whirlpool. Directions: Line 1: (color) is Line 2: (color) is Line 3: (color) is Line 4: (color) is Line 5: (color) smells like Line 6: (color) tastes like Line 7: (color) sounds like Line 8: (color) looks like Line 9: (color) feels like Line 10: (color) makes me Line 11: (color) is Example: Blue is the color of the sky. Blue is the waves in the ocean crashing against the shore. Blue is the feeling I get sometimes when I m sad. Blue is the icy color of glacial snow. Blue smells like freshly washed bed sheets. Blue tastes like blueberry Kool-Aid. Blue sounds like jets soaring through the clouds. Blue looks like the clear waters of the Hawaiian waters as I m snorkeling. Blue feels like the snow on my face while I m skiing at Mt. Bachelor. Blue makes me want to put on my coat, hat and gloves. Blue is my brother s favorite color.

10 Concrete Poem A concrete poem, or shape poem, is written to represent objects which they describe. The poem can be written in the shape of the object. Artwork adds to the visual effect of this type of poem. Examples: A triangle reminds me of a mountain when we go skiing on Mt. Bachelor I am full of information. I like to be read, but don t tear me or fold my pages!

11 Creature Alliteration Poem This type of poem makes use of alliteration to describe a creature. It is a humorous, whimsical form of poetry. The main words in each line will all begin with the letter you choose to alliterate. Each line of the poem (except line 1) should have at least 4 words alliterating with the letter you chose. Do not repeat alliterating words you have already used. The use of a dictionary is especially helpful in writing this type of poem. Directions: Line 1. Name your creature (add ian to the end of the word) Line 2. Tell 4 alliterating words about where your creature lives. Line 3. Tell 4 alliterating words about what your creature eats. Line 4. Tell 4 alliterating words what your creature likes. Line 5. Tell 4 alliterating words about something about your creature. Line 6. Tell 4 alliterating words about something your creature did to you. Example: This is a recatarian. A recatarian lives on really ridiculous rectangular ranches in rural Russia. A recatarian rudely eats rice, raspberries, radishes, roots, and rhubarb. A recatarian likes rusty things, Rhode Island, rottweilers, and ravens. A recatarian wore a rickety pair of roller blades and rafted down the roaring Roseburg River. My recatarian rolled red roses over the rug in my room and ruined it. Another example: This is a principalian. Principalians live in perfect, purple pyramids on the plains of Peru. Principalians politely eat pudding pops, and pickled pig feet with pepper on plates while drinking Pepsi. They also love pepperoni pizza. Principalians poke peas with pencils, ponder perplexing puzzles, and perform procedures on penguins. Principalians pose for pictures while printing poetry, practice perspective and paint pottery. They persuade people to purchase perfume. This principalian prescribed a painless pill for me and panicked when I pretended to perish.

12 Five Senses Poem Five senses poems use your senses to study or investigate a subject. The focus of the poem is on using similes. Similes are comparisons between two unlike things using with words like or as. Directions: Line 1. Tell what color an emotion or idea looks like to you. Line 2. Tell what the emotion or idea tastes like (imagine it has a taste) Line 3. Tell what the emotion or idea sounds like. Line 4. Tell what emotion or idea smells like. Line 5. Tell what the emotion or idea looks like. Line 6. Tell how the emotion or idea makes you feel. Examples: Summer is yellow. It tastes like lemonade. It sounds like kids splashing in a lake. It smells like dandelions. It looks like boating. It makes me feel overjoyed. by Hillary Rain is clear. It tastes like water. It sounds like pounding on your windows. It smells like fresh pine trees. It looks like dew drops on plants. It makes me feel cool. by Hillary

13 Haiku Poem Haiku is a form of ancient Japanese poetry. The poems are often written about things in nature or seasons. They are also written about emotions or feelings about something. Haiku poems are not written as complete sentences. They are more often written as short thoughts and capitalization and punctuation is up to the writer. Haiku follows this form: Line 1. 5 syllables Line 2. 7 syllables Line 3. 5 syllables Include images that appeal to the five senses. What colors do you see? What sounds can you hear? What is the taste of the image? What smells do you notice? How does it feel? Since you are very limited in the number of syllables you can use, try not to repeat words and limit the use of unimportant words. Here are three examples written by my daughter, Hillary, when she was in my fourth grade class. Waking up to chirps Birds singing in the morning Beautiful bird songs The evening sun sets Brilliant colors glimmering Beautiful sunsets Big Yellowstone, geysers Mud pots, geysers, and camping place for nature

14 Who-What-When-Where-Why Poem (W-W-W-W-W Poem) Who, what, when, where, why poems should be five lines long. The poem should tell a story or give a strong picture of someone or something. Each line should answer on of the w questions in the order listed above. When you read the poem, it should sound like two sentences put together. Examples: Politics WHO: A famous Senator WHAT: shook hands and ate lunch WHEN: last week WHERE: at a restaurant in town. WHY: He raised money for his campaign. Waiting WHO: The old man WHAT: sat alone WHEN: on a sunny summer afternoon WHERE: on his front porch. WHY: He was enjoying the breeze and drinking ice tea. Getting Ready WHO: I WHAT: prepare for the race by running five miles WHEN: every morning before school WHERE: around the neighborhood. WHY: You should always be prepared.

15 SELF REFLECTION AND CRITIQUES Write a few thoughts explaining your feelings about writing poetry. Which poems did you enjoy most? Did your feelings about poetry change as you completed this unit? Self Reflection Now share your poetry book with several important adults in your life (parents, relatives, previous teachers, family friends, etc). Ask these people to write a few comments about your creativity and efforts then have them sign their name. Other Critiques

16 Place: Mexico, Chichen Itza, old Mayan town Weather: Hot and sunny Activity: enjoying picnic in the old Mayan town Mood: You found and interesting rock which seems to have an angry face on it. Now it seems that your guide is looking at you suspiciously. Place: Antarctica, Antarctica Weather: deadly cold and too bright Activity: wandering around snowfields Mood: You are almost frozen till stiff while your uncle is taking billion pictures of penguins. The only good thing is that you have hot chocolate. Place: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado Mountain Weather: windy and sunny Activity: Enjoying Heart-stopping beauty of the city. Mood: You are fascinated by the beautiful view. You are also a bit afraid of how you ll get down because the ladder looked ancient(very old) and not safe. Place: China, Forbidden City Weather: snowy and cold Activity: sightseeing Mood: You don t feel very well. That could be due to the food you had for lunch it was fish with strange taste. Place: Japan, Tokyo, Hotel Weather: nice and warm Activity: sitting on the bed Mood: You feel very, very bad after sakedrinking party with native Japanese. You are planning to go to watch cherry blossoms later when you ll be strong enough to stand up. Place: Lesser Antilles, Little Dix Bay Weather: hot Activity: sunbathing on the beach Mood: you feel great, because the hotel is excellent, the food is delicious and you think you just saw Bred Pitt and Nicole Kidman. You think you should go and check it.

17 Place: Australia, Ayers Rock Weather: hot, dry and sunny Activity: walking around and trying to find some water Mood: you all are thirsty and tired because your car broke two hours ago and your guide said that it is impossible to repair it. You all think about possibilities to get back to town and where to get some water. Place: Australia, the Great Ocean Road Weather: windy and sunny Activity: enjoying the view of the ocean Mood: you all are enjoying the view and whales. At the same time you watch one of your group-mates who look extremely sad. It seems that he is ready to jump in the ocean. Place: The USA, Grand Canyon Weather: hot, dry and sunny Activity: enjoying the scenery Mood: you are trekking along the narrow paths of the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately your animal ran away with all your food and blankets. Luckily you have great group-mates. Place: The USA, New York City Weather: dark and cold Activity: enjoying the Museum Mood: You are accidentally locked in the American Museum of Natural History and due to the holiday the police will arrive not earlier than in an hour. Luckily you are alone here or not quite alone?

18 Place: Great Britain, London, Hyde Park Weather: sunny and quite cool Activity: resting on the bench and eating fish s chips. Mood: the Airport has lost your bag; you ll get it back only tomorrow. However, you ve met quite nice people who helped you and you ve already been living in the British family for the last 2 days. Place: France, Paris, Eiffel tower cafe Weather: cloudy and warm Activity: Having some delicious croissants with a cup of coffee for lunch Mood: You feel great, because you fell in love with someone. You have learned some French words and now you know Paris better than your native town. You are planning to stay there forever. Place: Italy, Venice Weather: Misty, warm and mystical Activity: wandering around Venice in gondola Mood: Your gondola has taken a different route than the gondolas of the rest of your group and at the moment you are trying to find your group. Place: Peru, Machu Picchu, somewhere in the mountains Weather: rainy, cloudy and quite cold Activity: backpacking Mood: It seems that your guide has lost the path. Luckily, there is one person in your group who has GPS in his mobile. You are hungry and very tired. You have been walking around since 4 o clock in the morning.

19 1) You and two friends have just arrived in Chicago. You want to stay in a hotel. You have two choices. The Econo Hotel is only $50.00 per night. The Expenso Hotel is $ per night. Which hotel do you choose? Econo Hotel go to card 2. Expenso Hotel go to card 3. 4)You are at the Aquarium. You took a lot of pictures of the fish! But now you are tired and hungry. You want to go back to the hotel but your friends want to get something to eat. What do you do? Hotel go to card 8. Eat go to card 9. 7)You and your friends are shopping. You have spent all of your money and cannot pay for the hotel. You are arrested by the police and sent to jail 2)You and your friends are staying in the Econo Hotel. The room is very dirty so you don t want to stay there long. You decide to go sightseeing. You can go to the Aquarium or you can go shopping at Waterson Towers. Aquarium go to card 4. Waterson Towers go to card 5. 5)You and your friends are shopping for souvenirs at Waterson Towers. It s amazing! (And it s expensive). You want to go back to the hotel but your friends want to get something to eat. What do you do? Hotel go to card 10. Eat go to card 11. 8)You go back to your hotel. Someone has broken into your room and taken all of your suitcases and your money! Now you are stuck in Chicago with no way home. What a terrible trip! 3)You and your friends are staying at the Expenso Hotel. The room and beautiful so you relax and unpack. Now you want to go swimming but your friends want to go shopping. What do you do? Swimming go to card 6. Shopping...go to card 7. 6)You and your friends are swimming in the hotel pool. It is beautiful and so much fun! Now you are hungry but your friends want to go shopping. What do you do? Eat go to card 12. Shopping go to card 13. 9)You and your friends get something to eat. You didn t have a lot of money but the food was good. You go back to the hotel. In the morning you take the train back to Bloomington. You may not have had the best hotel, but you had a great time! 10)You go back to the hotel. In the morning you take the train back to Bloomington. You give your souvenirs to your friends and tell them that Chicago is very expensive. Next time you will stay with relatives! 11)You don t have a lot of money so you decide to eat at a cheap hamburger restaurant. The food makes you sick and you feel awful for the rest of your trip! 12)You go to a nice restaurant for dinner. The food is delicious but now you really don t have a lot of money left. You want to go back to the hotel and write postcards but your friends still want to go shopping. What do you do? Hotel go to card 14. Shopping go to card 15.

20 13)You go shopping and spend all of your money. Now you don t have enough to pay for the hotel! You are arrested by the police and sent to jail! 14)You go back to the hotel. In the morning you take the train back to Bloomington. You don t have a lot of money left but you had a lot of fun. You can t wait to go back to Chicago! 15)You go shopping and spend all of your money. Now you don t have enough to pay for the hotel! You are arrested by the police and sent to jail!

21 Mr. Scotti's Adventure In 1977, Mr. Nicholas Scotti, a journalist from San Francisco, flew from America to Italy to visit some cousins. The plane stopped for an hour at Kennedy Airport in New York. Mr. Scotti thought he was at Rome Airport and got off the plane. Of course his cousins were not there to meet him. Mr Scotti spent two days in New York believing he was in Rome. In their letters his cousins always talked about the traffic problems and the famous buildings in Rome. Mr Scotti decided to find their home without their help.on his journey round the city, Mr. Scotti asked a policeman to tell him the way to the bus station. Mr Scotti asked him in Italian. Luckily the policeman was an Italian from Naples,Italy and could reply in the same language. The next day, after 12 hours of travelling round by bus. Mr. Scotti was surprised that the policemen and drivers spoke English. A policeman tried to tell him that he was in New York but Mr Scotti didn t believe it and even got angry. A.1.Complete the following table with information from the text about Mr. Scotti s journey. Name Occupation Reason for the journey Nicholas Scotti Means of transport Destination Circle the best alternative.

22 1. In New York Mr. Scotti left the plane because he thought he: (a) had to change the plane. (b) was in Rome (c) had to phone his cousins. 2.He decided to find his cousins home without their help. He asked a policeman for information in Italian because he: (a) thought he was in Italy. (b) knew the policeman was of Italian origin. (c) didn t speak any other language. 3 The next day Mr Scotti was: (a) surprised (b) unhappy (c) glad 4.Circle three adjectives that best describe Mr. Scotti clever/unlucky/stupid/successful/miserable/happy/ 5.What do the underlined words refer to? There(parag1)... their (parag2)... him (parag2)... it(parag3)... 6.Undoubtly you have experienced an unexpected adventure. Write about it. What happened? How did you feel about it at that moment?how do you feel about it now?

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