WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE STUDYING TODAY???

Stand up

Move your body

Try to figure it out…

READY…SET…GO!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mdQgvGrhwU

POETRY IN MOTION

Poetry or Not…That is the question???

ALLITERATION

An alliteration poem is a poem where almost all of the

words have the same beginning sounds. Alliterations

are often referred to as a tongue twisters.

OLD BETTY BOTTA

Betty Botta bought some butter.

“But,” said she, “this butter is bitter.

If I put it in my batter, it will make

my batter bitter…but a bit of better

butter will make my batter better.”

So she bought a bit of better butter,

better than the bitter butter and

made her bitter batter better...So

‘twas better Betty Botta bought a

bit of better butter!

HAIKU

A Haiku is a Japanese poem, that does not rhyme.

It consists of 17 syllables on three lines.

The first and third lines have five syllables while

the second line has seven syllables.

The Haiku is generally used to describe something

or to paint a mental picture.

H

Haiku (5-7-5)

mostly pink and white

every year we celebrate

our gift from Japan

-Haley

LIMERICK

A humorous poem with five lines that always have

the same rhyme and meter patterns.

Lines 1, 2, and 5 share the same rhyme.

Lines 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.

LIMERICK

(5 lines A-A-B-B-A)

“Crowded Tub”

There’s too many kids in this tub.

There’s too many elbows to scrub.

I just washed a behind

That I ’m sure wasn’t mine,

There’s too many kids in this tub!

-Shel Silverstein

RHYTHM

• Rhythm is a type of way to tell a poem.

• You usually have a beat or background music in a rhythm poem.

“I Want a Juice Box…”

OTHER TYPES OF POEMS

Free Verse Poem Preposition Poem

RHYME

I Had a Hippopotamus… (A-A-B-B)

I had a Hippopotamus, I kept him in a shed

And f ed him upon vitamins and vegetable bread

I made him my companion on many cheery walks

And had his portrait done by a celebrity in chalks

His charming eccentricities were known on every side

The creatures' popularity was wonderfully wide

He f rolicked with the Rector in a dozen f riendly tussles

Who could not but remark on his hippopotamuscles

I f he should be aff ected by depression or the dumps By hippopotameasles or the hippopotamumps

I never knew a particle of peace ' till it was plain He was hippopotamasticating properly again

I had a Hippopotamus, I loved him as a f riend

But beautif ul relationships are bound to have an end Time takes alas our joys f rom us and rids us of our blisses

My hippopotamus f ound a hippopotamisses…

By Patrick Barrington

Here’s wishing you A lot of Pleasant smiles Pie and cake and Yummy dressing

Turkey and don’t f orget the gravy Hot rolls And Butter of Course NFL Keeping an eye on the last turkey leg Slurping up every last morsel Getting drowsy I n your recliner Very close to Nodding off I nstant Waking when Nephews or nieces run through the house Good Times!

ACROSTIC

What I am thankful for

Foods you eat at

Thanksgiving

Native Americans

Pilgrams

Autumn

What you do on Thanksgiving

Football

PICK 5 WORDS TO DESCRIBE TOPIC BELOW…

POETRY IN MOTION

As a table, you will have ten minutes to create a

poem using all five words with which you described

your topic-- utilizing any form of poetry we discussed.

At the end of the ten minutes you will share your

poems with the class.

READY…SET…

Let poetry begin!!!