Poetry

=POETRY:a way of expressing feelings, thoughts, and meaning using carefully chosen words.=

There are three types of poetry that we will be learning about. Please click on each type of poetry to learn more about it.

1. [|haiku] The children will create a haiku about in insect. They will use their knowledge that they have gained from our science unit and our [|guided research]to help with the construction. [|Haiku Checklist.doc] Example: [|Mealworm.doc]

2. [|cinquain] The children will create cinquains about a particular animal. As you remember, the students have already written reports on animals, so this is a good source of information to use. The children are also familiar with using the [|National Geographic website]. [|Cinquain Checklist.doc] Example: [|Duck cinquain.doc]

3. [|acrostic] The students will be writing acostic poems using their names and adjectives, actions, or nouns to describe themselves. I start this lesson by having the students create a list of thing they like to do and words that describe them. This helps the students get started with the design of the poem. The children will be using their first names to create their acrostic poems. [|Acrostic Checklist.doc] Example: [|Mrs. Martin acrostic.doc]