Friday, February 10th

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Friday, February 10th

• Fill in your planner block.
• Take 5 minutes to study for your GLR quiz.

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16 and 17

• 16. What does the prefix sub mean? Write down
  two words that use this prefix.
• 17. What part of speech does ity make a word.

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What are the different types of poetry I need to
know before leaving the sixth grade?
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Free Verse

• When a poem is written without a pattern of
  rhyme, meter, or line length. Poets use words and
  images to help make free verse feel different
  from regular sentences.

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Free Verse The Red Wheelbarrow

• so much depends
• upon
• a red wheel
• barrow
• glazed with rain
• water
• beside the white
• chickens
• -William Carlos Williams

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Narrative Poetry

• Tells stories and has a plot (setting, conflict,
  resolution, and character)
• Can be real or fiction
• Can be rhyme or free verse
• We will be writing one of these on Monday!

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Casey at Bat

• Casey at Bat

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Lyrical Poetry

• Expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet
• Does not tell a story
• Usually short
• Originally meant to be sung
• May or may not be set to music

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Types of lyrical poetry

• Sonnets
• Ballads
• Villanelles
• Hymns
• Odes

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Oh My Gosh! By Usher
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Limerick Poetry

• These humorous poems are named after the Irish
  town of Limerick, during the 1700s.
• Edward Lears Book of Nonsense included the first
  published form of Limericks
• This book proved to be extremely popular in the
  19th century. This was contributed to by the
  humorous magazine Punch, which started printing
  examples of limericks leading to a craze by its
  readers.

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Limerick Format

• Rhyme The last words of the first, second, and
  fifth lines all rhyme with each other. Also, the
  third and fourth lines MUST rhyme.
• Rhyme Pattern The 1st,2nd and 5th lines all have
  the rhyme pattern da DUM da da DUM da da DUM
  (notice there are three DUMS or beats).
• Ex There once was a fellow named Tim da DUM
  da da DUM da da DUM

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Continued

• The 3rd and 4th lines have the pattern da DUM da
  da DUM (notice there are 2 DUMS or beats).
• Ex He fell of the dock da DUM da da DUM
• Limericks often contain HYPERBOLE, ONOMOTOPEIA,
  IDIOMS and PUNS!

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Limerick Examples

• There was an Old Person whose habits,
• Induced him to feed upon rabbits
• When hed eaten eighteen,
• He turned perfectly green,
• Upon which he relinquished those habits.

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• There was a small girl named Eileen
• Who enjoyed eating small tangerines
• One day she threw up
• All kinds of gross stuff
• And now she eats nothing but greens

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You try