Poetry Assignment
6 of the following 8 poems.
please choose 6 different types
-acrostic, cinquain, colour, haiku, diamante, I wish, limerick,shape (concrete)
AND
1 free verse and 1 of your choice NOT included in the above list. You must include the name of the type of poem and its characteristics as well as your original poem of this type.
You must include illustrations.
8-7 Students worked in class on their poems.
8-8 Students presented their "Famous Canadians" oral presentations en français.
8-6 We had the last of the persuasive arguments presented today.
Bon weekend à tous!
49 comments:
for the poetry anthology can we use pictures that we found on the internet or do we have to draw them ourselves.
You can absolutely use pictures from the internet or other sources. Just make your anthology pretty. If a picture doesn't suit the topic of your poem, you can just add some colour or detail ( a border?) to add interest.
oh and a cinquain poem is :
line 1: 1 word
line 2: 2 words
line 3: 3 words
line 4: 4 words
line 5: 5 words
I have two questions. Firstly can we do more than 8 poems and secondly do we have to make an illustration for every poem?
No Yordanos. Try checking online. A cinquain is 5 lines but not quite like that and each line contains specific types of words (ie: adjectives, verbs etc)
Hi Alexx,
You CAN do more than 8 but I would really prefer you try and stick to that number. Sometimes creativity flows though and I respect that. Read what I wrote to your Yordanos about illustrations and see if that clarifies things for you at all.
Yordanos a cinquain poem is like this.
Line 1: One word (Your Subject)
Line 2: Two words (adjectives that describe your subject)
Line 3: Three words (verbs, that relates to your subject)
Line 4: 2-5 words (A phrase or sentence that relates to your subject)
Line 5: One word (your subject again or a synonym)
please and thank-you
thanks alexx
and Mrs. Cosburn
That was so nice of you Alexx :)
Happy writing everyone!
Ms. Cosburn, 8-6 doesn't have english on Monday, so does that mean we can hand our Poetry Anthology on Tuesday :D
I searched up cinquain and diamante poems on the internet and they seem to be very similar and almost the same. Are they supposed to be like this?
Great question Katie! I will come by Rm 22 at some point on Monday to collect poems. So, YES the poems are due on Monday for 8-5, 8-6, 8-7 and 8-8.
Cinquain and Diamante are similar but not the same. The cinquain is 5 lines and the diamante is 7 lines with specific requirements just like the cinquain does. It must be in the shape of a diamond.
1
2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4 4
3 3 3
2 2
1
It can be a synonym or antonym at the end (the last word)
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/diamante/
the poem "i wish"... i checked i wish poems online, and some had i wish in every line. can i make every other line with "i wish" and then the others would be like adding to the "i wishes"? here is the first verses..
i wish i can fly over toronto,
and sprinkle some fun all over.
i wish i can speak animal languages,
so i can be friends with the wild.
i wish i had a lighting bolt in my hands,
so i can take revenge...
is that a good i wish poem?
That is a great poem, Leya. I would change the "I can" to "I could".
What do you mean by saying the poems characteristics?
Hi Noah,
That is just for the last one, the one that you researched and found on your own.
Ex: Epitaph
An epitaph is a poem usually written/created for a tombstone.
Here lies Ducky
he ate some bad food
and wasn't too lucky.
what do we have to include other than our poems? I forget.
by the way I am Jenna
Hi Jenna,
I know you like cats so I suspected that it might be you but I REALLY appreciate knowing who I am "talking" to.
Some people suggested a title page, a table of contents, lots of colour...your name. Is that what you mean?
I thought we had to wirte 8 poems not 6
your favourite student adeline
oh wat nvm
*wait
Glad you got it figured out Adeline. 6 of the 8 and then +2 the free verse and the one you research :) No choice for those 2.
For the I wish poem, is it alright if the 'I wish' part is at the end? So it clarifies the whole thing at the end?
That's okay Carol, but only because it's you :)
what do i have to do for the original poem of this type??
Honestly how do you write a free verse poem?
I wonder what everyone is doing today...poetry!
Yordanos, I don't know what you mean.
Billie!!!!
A "free verse" is just that, write whatever you want.
My example was about bananas.
I love bananas,
they are fun to peel.
I don't like them when they are brown and mushy.
Try to make yours a bit longer but I understand that poetry isn't everybody's thing. That is why I have set the assignment the way I did and left some choice.
Ahahaha k thanks. if it's rlly bad you can't blame me though...
Never Billie!!!!! And no mean poems about Adeline. :)
what do you mean when you say as well as your original poem of this type. what am i supposed to do??
can you explain what im supposed to do for the last part??
Oh, I mean you have to write a poem of your own of the new type you chose.
(see my response to Noah's question)
For all of you wondering about the last part (and for the last time)
Choose a type of poem NOT included in the assignment.
Write the definition/characteristics of it on the page you are writing it on.
Create your own poem of the type you chose.
I will check the blog later this evening but am taking a break for now.
If you have questions, try asking a classmate.
yes that is what I wanted thank you.
Mrs.Cosburn, what did you mean must include a definition?
And is it alright if the picture is in the backround of the poem?
Do we need an illustration for the concrete poem?
i'm so sorry Miss Cosburn but i've been so busy i haven't had time to check the blog until recently. i was away when you gave the info about the requirements for the anthology and i asked my friends like you said, but they only gave me half the info!!! it's kinda late, i know, but i was wondering if i could get an extension...?
Carol,
I mean explain the characteristics of that poem.
ie: This is a Haiku because....
For the concrete poem, the poem CAN be the illustration
Who is M.I.A?
Mia from 8-6, sorry, i thought it would be kinda obvious.
For the poem not included in the list what do you mean by "your original poem of this type"?Do we have to write 2 of that type of poem?
Nope Hanna. Just one. That one plus a free verse. So, 6 from the first 8 and those 2=8
Mia,
Sorry.
I guess I was still in weekend mode.
You were in class all last week and we went over this assignment several times. The outline was posted outside my room and it was on the blog before Friday. This post is a re-post. I am confused as to why you are asking for an extension now when you had plenty of time to ask me last week and read the outline to clarify before tonight.
i can honestly say i don't know why i didn't ask or check before. i could say i was stressed or busy, and it's true, but i thought i knew everything i needed to because we never talked about anything i wasn't aware of in class. last week was very stressful and i guess i got distracted from this assignment since it was one of many...Sorry!
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