Starting Friday, February 8, we will be working on a poetry unit. During this unit, the students will be learning about seven different elements of poetry:
1) simile
2) metaphor
3) rhyme
4) onomatopoeia
5) repetition
6) personification
7) alliteration
Each day, the students will be learning a new style of poetry. They will try their hand at writing in each style of poetry. First drafts of all student poems will be collected. Each poem will be edited and a final draft will be completed.
The styles of poetry we will be learning include:
1) acrostic
2) alphabet alliteration
3) cinquain
4) color poem
5) concrete poetry
6) five senses
7) haiku
8) list
1) simile
2) metaphor
3) rhyme
4) onomatopoeia
5) repetition
6) personification
7) alliteration
Each day, the students will be learning a new style of poetry. They will try their hand at writing in each style of poetry. First drafts of all student poems will be collected. Each poem will be edited and a final draft will be completed.
The styles of poetry we will be learning include:
1) acrostic
2) alphabet alliteration
3) cinquain
4) color poem
5) concrete poetry
6) five senses
7) haiku
8) list