Mrs. Zirillo English 9 Imagination-Dedication-Creation Have Fun!

Mrs. Zirillo – English 9 Imagination-Dedication-Creation Have fun!

Save your work on computer, flash-drive, etc. Type poems, cut and paste, or print very legibly. Decorate the foldable. Look into your emotions and feelings before you apply and create. Add literary elements to your poetry to make them exciting.

Read examples of poetry from textbook – pages 248, 262, 299, 324, 362,379, 383, 434, 471, 491-516, 520-552, 553-578 and 586-612

Save your work on computer, flash-drive, etc. Type poems, cut and paste, or print very legibly. Decorate the foldable. Look into your emotions and feelings before you apply and create. Add literary elements to your poetry to make them exciting.

Read examples of poetry from textbook – pages 248, 262, 299, 324, 362,379, 383, 434, 471, 491-516, 520-552, 553-578, and 586-612

Have fun in your creative writing. Write all the poems you create in your journal or on the foldable organizer. Please add designs or drawing to your project. You will share two poems at our poetry reading party – coming soon (participation = 20 points).

Writing Rubric – 13 – 14 written poems = A 12 – 13 written poems = B 10 – 11 written poems = C 8 - 9 written poems = D

5-7-5 syllable poem - Haiku Write two – counts as one

Falling to the ground, An old silent pond… I watch a leaf settle down A frog jumps into the pond, In a bed of brown. Splash! Silence again. By Basho Matsuo

Shaped like a diamond - Diamantes Poem - Write two – counts as one Line 1: one word (subject/noun that is contrasting to line 7) Line 2: two words(adjectives) that describe line 1 Line 3: three words(action verbs) that relate to line 1 Line 4: four words (nouns) first 2 words relate to line 1last 2 words relate to line 7 Line 5: three words(action verbs) that relate to line 7 Line 6: two words(adjectives) that describe line 7 Line 7: one word( subject/noun that is contrasting to line 1)

Square symmetrical, conventional shaping, measuring, balancing boxes, rooms, clocks, halos encircling, circumnavigating, enclosing round, continuous circle

The I Am Poem - Write one – Line 1: Your first name Jamie Line 2: Four traits that describe you Funny, friendly, happy. caring Line 3: Sibling of... Sister of Jill Line 4: Who likes...(people, ideas) Who likes animals and books Line 5: Who feels... Who feels happy in warm weather Line 6: Who needs... Who needs family and friends Line 7: Who gives... Who gives encouragement Line 8: Who fears... Who fears the end of summer Line 9: Who would like to see... Who would like to see Italy Line 10: Resident of (your city, state, or town) Residents of Boston Line 11: Your last name Mill

Pantoum Poem Write one –

1 2 3 4 - Lines in first quatrain. 2 5 4 6 - Lines in second quatrain. 5 7 6 8 - Lines in third quatrain. 7 9 8 10 - Lines in fourth quatrain. 9 3 10 1 - Lines in fifth and final quatrain.

In The Dark by Christopher Lane Model Pantoum Write one –

1 A man outside my window 2 The cat meowed and purred 3 I kneel by the fire 4 The darkness comes soon

2 The cat meowed and purred 5 She walked between my legs 4 The darkness comes soon 6 The stars will guide my way

5 She walked between my legs 7 She ran into the house 6 The stars will guide my way 8 A man peeks out

7 She ran into the house 9 I stumble to the ground 8 The man peeks out 10 Hiding away from me

9 I stumble to the ground 3 I kneel by the fire 10 Hiding away from me 1 A man outside my window

Sonnet #18 – Format - abab cdcd efef gg Write one – a Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? b Thou art more lovely and more temperate. a Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, b And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

c Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, d And often is his gold complexion dimmed; c And every fair from fair sometime declines, d By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;

e But thy eternal summer shall not fade, f Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest, e Nor shall death brag thou wanderest in his shade, f When in eternal lines to time thou growest. g So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare

Sonnet

The sonnet form is old and full of dust And yet I want to learn to write one well. To learn new forms and grow is quite a must, But I will learn it quickly, I can tell.

And so I sit, today, with pen in hand, Composing three new quatrains with a rhyme. The rhythm flows like wind at my command. The A-B-A-B form consumes my time.

But I’m not done until there are fourteen lines. One ending couplet, after three quatrain. I’ve tried to write this new form several times. The effort’s huge; I have to rack my brain.

But I persist, my fourteen lines now done. I wrote my poem; my sonnet work is won.

by Denise Rodgers

Good sites to browse: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ http://www.poets.org/ http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/find-poems http://voiceseducation.org/category/tag/wwii-british-poet http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/2nd_WW.html