Poetry

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Poetry
3rd Grade Ms. Williams
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Why do we read poetry?

• To better understand our feelings.
• For theatrical purposes such as, dramas and
  musicals.
• To learn more about a different time period.
• To explore different cultures and traditions.

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Types of Poetry

• Cinquains
• Limericks
• Haikus
• Nursery Rhymes

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Syllables

• Cinquains- 22
• Limericks- There is no set number, rhyming
  purposes
• Haikus- 17, Japanese foundation
• Nursery Rhymes- There is no set number, commonly
  written by Mother Goose

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Cinquains
Home Wonderful place Cooking, playing, loving
warmth of loved ones Love
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Limericks
There once was a man with strange hair. He said,
Anything other than physics, dont care. He sat
down with a book, And had a long look, And he
realized that Emc2!
-Sarah Antel
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Haiku
My "Big Day" Poem
Wedding day bells ring Kisses, tears, Easter
lilies Now and Forever
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Nursery Rhymes
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with
seven wives Every wife had seven sacks, Every
sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven
kits Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were
there going to St. Ives?
-Mother Goose
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Question

• Which of the following describes a Haiku?
• Japanese poem with 17 syllables total.
• B. Rhyming poetry intended to be funny.
• C. Commonly written by Shakespeare with a
  specific rhyming pattern.

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Incorrect
Review Information
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Review Information

• A Cinquain is listed as having only 22
  syllables.
• William Shakespeare was widely known for writing
  sonnets.
• Nursery Rhymes and Limericks typically rhyme and
  are funny.

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CORRECT!!!
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Poetic Devices

• Similes and Metaphors are poetic devices.
• Similes are comparisons using the words like
  or as.
• Metaphors are comparisons that do NOT use the
  words like or as.

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Similies

• A FEW EXAMPLES
• Im as quiet as a mouse.
• My cat is black as night

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Metaphors

• A FEW EXAMPLES
• In the sunlight, his hair is a flame.
• The house was a carnival.

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Which of the following describes a simile?

• A. A comparison that uses like or as.
• B. A comparison that does not use like or as.
• C. A poetic device that contrasts objects.

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Incorrect

• Review Information

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Review Information

• A metaphor does NOT use the words like or
  as.
• The word simile is the root of the word
  similar.

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Poetry of all Forms
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Patriotic Poems
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The Night shined with a thousand stars for all
of the world to see The same stars that grace
America's Flag  ... a symbol that we are Free
-Barry S. Maltese
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• Patriotic Poems
• Time Periods
• Remembrance
• Historical accounts

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Multicultural Poems
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Church of Santa Maria Tonantzintla
But he gave each saint and angel there his own
dark Indian face.
-Tony Johnston
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Who Can Be Born Black
Who can be born black and not sing the wonder
of it the joy the challenge
-Mari Evans
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Wailing Wall
The Wall weeps for us, for the destruction of
the Temple, for the destruction of the People
-Jane Yolen
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Family
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Her Daddy's Hands
His hands, you see, Mama says were hard and
callused.. Angela Johnson
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Soft
My mama holds me angel-soft, encircles me with
gentle arms and quiet smells, Eloise
Greenfield
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Dear Gram
I Very Much Love Your sugar cookies And
chocolate fudge Unknown
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The Joy of Food
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Pineapple
Pineapple. Prickly, Pungent, Picked for
Sweetness and juice -Vyanne
Samuels
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Morning Smells
Morning smells like Bacon. It laces through
the air, drifting round the kitchen winding up
the stair Karen ODonnell Taylor
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A Pizza the Size of the Sun
Im making a pizza the size of the sun, a pizza
thats sure to weigh more than a ton, a pizza too
massive to pick up and toss, a pizza resplendent
with oceans of sauce
Jack Prelutsky
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Important Poets

• Jack Prelutsky
• Eloise Greenfield
• Robert Frost
• Shel Silverstein
• Emily Dickinson
• Robert Louis Stevenson

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Websites

• www.aps.org
• www.yahooligans.com
• BrainPop
• www.crea8iv.com
• Heathers Animations