Love That Poetry Assessment Sheet Journal Entry #1

Love That Poetry Assessment Sheet

Journal Entry #1 - Quatrain Poem with a-a-b-b rhyme scheme

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Journal Entry #2 - Free Verse Poem

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Journal Entry #3 - Concrete Poem

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Journal Entry #4 - Quatrain Poem with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______1 Day #5 - Final Poem

Selects own favorite poem ______Expresses (written or verbal) ______why this poem has meaning to the student Reproduces poem on yellow paper for display ______

Love That Poetry Assessment Sheet

Journal Entry #1 - Quatrain Poem with a-a-b-b rhyme scheme

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Journal Entry #2 - Free Verse Poem

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Journal Entry #3 - Concrete Poem

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Journal Entry #4 - Quatrain Poem with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme

Completed entry with expressed feelings ______Attempted to create a similar form of poetry ______Participated in class ______

Day #5 - Final Poem: Computer Lab

Selects own favorite poem ______Expresses (written or verbal) ______why this poem has meaning to the student Demonstrates ability to type poetry on computer ______using proper spelling and grammar check skills

Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 1 – 11. Poetry Form - Quatrain with a-a-b-b rhyme scheme Definition - A Quatrain is a four line poem where the first two lines rhyme and the second two lines rhyme.

Nursery Rhyme Example: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater Had a wife and couldn’t keep her He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well.

Class Discussion – Discuss out loud using the overhead or whiteboard and make a list together of words that rhyme and create two-line poems (couplets).

For our example we are going to choose an inanimate object (not living or breathing) that we like and a sound. (The boy in the story gave a blue car tiger sounds). Teacher Example: Colorful Flag Sound: Flapping Oh say can you see that flag in the air, It stands for freedom to people everywhere. It waves in the breeze and shines through the night, That red, white, and blue is a beautiful sight.

Journal instructions: In class – Write a 2 – 4 sentence entry telling what you liked most about today’s story. Homework – Choose an inanimate object or thing that you like and a sound or action that it could do. Then create a four line poem where lines one and two (a,a) and lines three and four (b,b) rhyme. Your page should look similar to this:

Date Quatrain Poem a-a-b-b Object: Sound: Title

Line 1 - rhymes with 2 Line 2 - rhymes with 1 Line 3 - rhymes with 4 Line 4 - rhymes with 3

Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 12 – 30, 68 – 72. Poetry Form – Free verse Definition – Does not rhyme, but rather tells a story or creates a picture in your head (Like Jack’s dog in the book)

This type of poem does not rhyme, but uses a lot of details. Here are some special types of words in poetry that you can use to add description.

Terms to teach: Onomatopoeia – a word that sounds like what it says Ex. Pop, crash, swish, bam, etc. Metaphor – Compares two things to one another stating that one thing is another Ex. My brother is a pig. – he eats a lot, he doesn’t keep his room clean Homework is a bear. – it’s really hard Two class created examples: 1. 2.

Simile – Compares two things using like or as Ex. Busy as a bee. Crazy like a fox. Two class created examples: 1. 2.

Journal Instructions: In class – What was your favorite part about today’s story? 2 – 4 sentences Homework – Use these methods that we discussed today to write a free verse poem (not more than one page) about your favorite animal or pet. Sample sentence: I love my black dog that is as soft as a comfy blanket.

Date Free Verse Poem Animal

Title

Poem

Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages 35 – 39. Poetry Form – Concrete Poetry Definition – A poem that uses descriptive words to create a picture of the object. Share the picture of Jack’s “dog poem” on page 37 and the apple in the back of the book.

Teacher Example: Stairs

top very to the the way going all climbing climbing up and down up and down climbing climbing

Discuss examples in class of pictures that you could create from words and name one or two words of description. Ex. Water drop – wet, drip Chair – sit, soft Falls from sky, faucet, etc. Fall into, daydream in

Journal Instructions: In class – Create framework for concrete poem. Decide on shape and brainstorm some related words. Homework – Create a concrete poem that forms a shape using words that describe the object. Use the examples and framework worked on in class to help you. (Do not draw the shape, but create it with words. Although sketching a shape on paper with a pencil may help you to form the words together better.)

Date

Concrete Poetry Object: Descriptive Words: Title

Poem

Learning to Love That Poetry Thursday

Read from Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Suggested pages: 75 - 86. Poetry Form - Quatrain with a-b-a-b rhyme scheme Definition - A four line poem where the first and third lines rhyme and the second and fourth lines rhyme (every other line rhymes).

This is similar to the form we learned on Monday, but with a different rhyme sequence.

Teacher Example: Baseball

The baseball zoomed right by my ear and caused a whooshing sound. It came so close and way too near, and knocked me to the ground.

Allow time in class to play with this rhyme scheme and discuss suggestions aloud. Then use those ideas to begin working on the assignment.

Journal Instructions: In class - Choose a topic to write about, it may be anything you wish as long as it follows this pattern. Give your poem a title and brainstorm some ideas that rhyme and make sense. Homework - Write a four line poem about your favorite subject in which every other line rhymes. Date

Quatrain Poem a-b-a-b Subject:

Title

Poem

Students take out journals with the previous night’s assignment and the teacher reviews the assignment requirements and reminds the class of the other elements that should be present in their poem. The teacher addresses any other questions that the students might have regarding the forms of poetry.

The student then selects their favorite poem from the week and makes the necessary adjustments. The teacher will then distribute yellow copy paper for the children to copy their final poems on to. The teacher will have prepared a special blue bulletin board for the children to display their work on.

• If using the computer lab, this activity can be typed in a word processing program using proper spelling and grammar checks.

The first word of every line should almost always be capitalized.

Check for proper punctuation, commas or periods at the end of lines.

Give your poem a title that is simple but tells what your poem is about.

Read your poem out loud to make sure that it has good rhythm. (You should be able to tap out the rhythm with your foot while you read it).

Have fun with it! Writing poetry is fun!