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Poetry UnitThis packet belongs to: __________________________

Block: ________________

In this unit, you will be writing original poems and presenting them in the form of a scrapbook. You will choose one of your poems to present

at our annual Poetry Slam.

All of your notes and writing will be in this packet, so do NOT lose it!

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Poetic ThoughtsTo show what you are thinking while reading a poem, you can use symbols to flag

a line. Then write your thoughts near each symbol. You do not need complete sentences.

* An interesting use of language! This line seems important? I don’t understand this line or stanza This part makes me smile# I can connect or relate to this part

Let’s try it with a few!

Space for Thoughts

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From The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander

Space for Thoughts

Space for Thoughts

Cornell Class Notes

Topic: Poetry

Name: __________________

Date: __________________

Block: __________________

Questions/Main NotesWhat is poetry? The sound and meaning of words are especially important.

Poetry communicates experience and feelings.

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Poetry Terms1. Speaker: The character who is telling the poem; it is usually not the author.

Sometimes the character is a part of the poem, and sometimes the character is outside of the poem.

2. Rhyme: Identical or similar sounds at the ends of lines. Example: Farm/Harm

3. Rhyme Scheme: The arrangement of rhymes in a stanza. It usually follows the AABB, ABAB, ABCD, or ABBA pattern.

Example: AABB – Farm/Harm/Mice/Nice4. Repetition: Repeated use of sounds, words, ideas, or symbols for emphasis.5. Line: Usually one row or one line of poetry; it does not always end with

punctuation.6. Stanza: Like paragraphs are a part of a story, stanzas are part of a poem. A stanza

must be at least two lines and is usually separates from other stanzas with a space between lines.

7. Lyric: The words of a song.

Common Types of Poems1. Couplet: A poem that has two-lined, rhyming stanzas.2. Quatrain: A poem that has four-lined stanzas with a rhyme scheme.3. Haiku: A three-lined poem that does not rhyme. It has a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.4. Free Verse: A poem that does not have a set rhyme scheme or rhythm. Line

breaks are used to create pauses.5. Ballad: A poem in song form. When the words of a poem are set to music, those

words become lyrics. This type of poem tells a story, usually of love lost or found. Every ballad should have a chorus and several verses.

Figurative Language Review1. Metaphor: A direct comparison of two unlike things.

Example: The tree was a shield holding back the pouring rain.2. Simile: A comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as” to compare.

Example: Her smile was like a beam of sunshine, bringing joy to all.3. Personification: Giving a non-human thing a human quality.

Example: The tree whispered in the wind.4. Onomatopoeia: The imitation of a sound in word form.

Example: Creek! Boom!5. Alliteration: Repetition of the first consonant sound.

Example: Gina joked about the giant jelly bean.6. Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration.

Example: It took me an eternity to finish that paper!

* Imagery/Sensory Details: Words that appeal to one of the readers’ five senses.

What is poetry? The sound and meaning of words are especially important.

Poetry communicates experience and feelings.

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If I was in Charge of the WorldBy RaDene Girola

If I was in charge of the worldI’d cancel diets,Deadlines,Aching joints, and also hair that is graying way too fast. If I was in charge of the worldThere’d be peace all over the world,Children would smile and laugh, andThere would be plenty of healthy food to go around so no one would be hungry.If I was in charge of the worldYou wouldn’t have sad. You wouldn’t have poor.You wouldn’t have jealousOr kids saying, “I’d rather play video games than read a book.”You wouldn’t even have that many video games.If I was in charge of the worldA triple chocolate cheese cake would be a vegetable,All days would be 80 degrees and gorgeous,And a person who sometimes forgot to post grades online,And sometimes forgot to get the school newsletter out on time,Would still be allowed to beIn charge of the world.

What does RaDene do for a living?

How did you know?

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If I was in Charge of the WorldBy _____________________

If I was in charge of the worldI’d cancel ________________,______________________,____________________, and also __________________________________. If I was in charge of the worldThere’d be _______________________________________,Children would ____________________________, andThere would be plenty of ________________________________________.If I was in charge of the worldYou wouldn’t have ________________. You wouldn’t have ________________.You wouldn’t have ________________Or kids saying, “_______________________________________________.”You wouldn’t even have _______________________________.If I was in charge of the worldA ________________________________ would be a vegetable,All __________ would be _______________________,And a person who sometimes forgot to ________________________,And sometimes forgot to ________________________________,Would still be allowed to beIn charge of the world.

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My Brother BertBy Ted Hughes

Pets are the hobby of my brother Bert.He used to go to school with a mouse in his shirt.

His hobby it grew, as some hobbies will, And it grew and GREW and GREW until –

Oh don’t breathe a word, pretend you haven’t heard.A simply appalling thing has occurred –

The very thought makes me iller and iller: Bert’s brought home a gigantic gorilla!

If you think that’s really not such a scare,What if it quarrels with his grizzly bear?

You will think you could keep your head?What if the lion from under the bed

And the four ostriches that depositTheir football eggs in his bedroom closet

And the aardvark out of his bottom drawerAll danced out and joined in the roar?

Why it could be a dreadful day,And what, oh what, would the neighbors say?!

How many lines are there? __________

How many stanzas are there? ________

What is the mood/tone? _____________

How many lines contain figurative language? _______________

What does “quarrels” mean? ________________________________

What is the rhyme scheme? __________

Based on the rhyme scheme, what kind of poem is this? ____________________

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Plan Your Couplet!

Topic

Visual ImageryPossible Simile(s)

Possible Metaphor(s) Other Imagery

Mood/Tone

Other Notes: ____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

Use adjectives!

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CoupletRemember, a couplet poem has two-lined stanzas with a set rhyme scheme. That means

that each stanza must have two lines that rhyme.Here are some stanzas from well-known couplet poems:

Your couplet poem must include three stanzas and at least one simile or metaphor.

Title: ________________________

____________________________________________________________________ (A)

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____________________________________________________________________ (B)

____________________________________________________________________ (B)

____________________________________________________________________ (C)

____________________________________________________________________ (C)

What two things are being compared in your simile or metaphor?1. ______________________ 2. ___________________

Teacher Signature: _______________________________________

For of all sad words of tongue or pen,The saddest are these: “It might have been!”

- From “Maud Muller” by John Greenleaf Whittier

I like green eggs and ham!I do! I like them, Sam-I-Am!

- From “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss

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Untitled PoemBy Bob Tucker

I hate it when Mom blows her cool.Her eyes bug out, she starts to drool,She grabs her head, pulls out some hair,Does flip-flops up and down the stairs!

Identify the patterns used in the following quatrains:

Quatrain #1The sense of danger must not disappear- _____The way is certainly both short and steep, _____However gradual it looks from here; _____Look if you like, but you will have to leap. _____

Quatrain #2Chelsea had some chocolate milk _____But spilled it on her shirt. _____Jackson got his jacket ripped _____While rolling in the dirt. _____

Quatrain #3I eat my peas with honey, _____I’ve done it all my life. _____It makes them taste quite funny, _____But it keeps them on the knife. _____

This pattern is an AABB rhyme scheme. The first line rhymes with the second (cool/drool) and the third line rhymes with the fourth (hair/stairs).

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The MountainAnonymous

The mountain frames the sky ___As a shadow of an eagle flies by. ___With clouds hanging at its edge, ___A climber proves his courage on its rocky ledge. ___



What type of poem is this? _____________

Label the rhyme scheme.

This poem uses strong visual imagery.Draw a sketch of the image it conjures in the box below.

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Have You Ever Seen?Anonymous

Have you ever seen a sheet on a river bed? ____Or a single hair from a hammer’s head? ____Has the foot of a mountain any toes? ____And is there a pair of garden hose? ____

Does the needle ever wink its eye?Why doesn’t the wing of a building fly?Can you tickle the ribs of a parasol?Or open the trunk of a tree at all?

Are the teeth of a rake ever going to bite?Have the hands of a clock any left or right?Can the garden plot be deep and dark?And what is the sound of the birch’s bark?

Label the rhyme

scheme.



How does this the tone/mood of this poem compare to that of the last quatrain? ____________________________________________________________________

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Plan Your Quatrain!

Other Sensory Details

Possible Alliteration(s)

Other Figurative Language

Topic

Visual ImageryPossible

Personification(s) Use adjectives!

Mood/Tone:

Other Notes: ____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

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QuatrainRemember, a quatrain poem has four-lined stanzas with a set rhyme scheme.

The rhyme schemes may be AABB, ABAB, ABCB, or ABBA.

Your quatrain poem must include three stanzas (each with the same set rhyme scheme), an example of personification, and an example of clear and purposeful alliteration.

Title: ________________________________

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What did you personify? _________________________________________________What consonant sound is used in your alliteration? ___________________________

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Tiny white doves fall 5 syllables

Slowly from the heavy sky 7 syllables

Wings melt on my skin 5 syllables

Tranquil and sereneWater’s gentle ripples nudgeLong boat’s sleeping soul

My ship floats the seaI’ll drift to some distant place.Better get started!

By Justin Warwick

What type of poem is this? ____________________

Does it name what is being described? __________

What is the poem describing? _________________

What is the poem describing? _________________

What is the mood/tone? ______________________

What is something most poems have that all three of these do not? ___________________________

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HaikuRemember, a haiku is a single thought expressed in three non-rhyming lines. The first line must have 5 syllables, the second must have 7 syllables, and the third must have 5

syllables.Haikus almost always describe subjects from nature.

Your haiku must be about nature and follow the correct syllable pattern.

Choose one brainstorm to turn into a haiku and write it below:

_____________________________________________________________ (5 syllables)

_____________________________________________________________ (7 syllables)

_____________________________________________________________ (5 syllables)

Topic (from nature):

Thoughts about it:

Thoughts about it:

Topic (from nature):

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Foul ShotBy Edwin A. Hoey

With two 60s stuck on the scoreboardAnd two seconds hanging on the clock,The solemn boy in the center of eyes, Squeezed by silence,Seeks out the line with his feet,Soothes his hands along his uniform,Gently drums the ball against the floor, Then measures the waiting net,Raises the ball on his right hand,Balances it with his left,Calms it with fingertips,Breathes,Crouches, Waits,And then through a stretching of stillness,Nudges it upward.

The ballSlides up and out.Lands, Leans,Wobbles,Wavers,Hesitates,Exasperates,Plays it coyUntil every face begs with unsounding screams – And then,

And then, And then,

Right before ROAR – UP,Dives down and through.

What does “solemn” mean? _____________________

Why does the poet include these lines? ________________________________

_____________________

Why does the poet make each of these lines only a single word?

______________________________________ _____________________

Highlight and label two different kinds of figurative

language.

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Some PoemsBy Beverly McLoughland

Some poemsWant to get written So badly – They don’t careIf you areSound asleepAt 3 o’clockIn the morning. No.They justBarge in,Shake you Awake,Drag youOut of bed,Plop youIn a chair,Stick a pencilIn your hand – And make youWrite.

What kind of poem is this? ___________________

How does the poet feel about writing? __________

_________________________________________

What kind of figurative language is most important to this poem?

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Plan Your Free Verse!

How can you break up lines for emphasis?

Other ImageryOther Figurative

Language

Visual Imagery

Topic

Mood/Tone:

Other Notes: ____________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

Possible Alliteration(s)

Use adjectives!

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Free VerseRemember, a free verse poem does not rhyme and has intentional line breaks.

Your free verse poem must include at least 15 lines, an example of clear and purposeful alliteration, and one other type of figurative language.

Title: ________________________________

1. __________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________________

5. __________________________________________________________________

6. __________________________________________________________________

7. __________________________________________________________________

8. __________________________________________________________________

9. __________________________________________________________________

10. __________________________________________________________________

11. __________________________________________________________________

12. __________________________________________________________________

13. __________________________________________________________________

14. __________________________________________________________________

15. __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

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What consonant sound is used in your alliteration? ______________________________What other type of figurative language did you use? _____________________________

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BalladsBallads are stories told in poetic form. They are used as verses of songs, which can

(but do not have to) be sung to music. Sometimes they tell a lesson. Originally, ballads were not written down, but instead were passed down orally from generation to generation; the music helped people to remember the story.

Ballads have a specific rhyme scheme, which is usually four lines per stanza (ABAB, AABB, or ABCB, where the last line is chorus line). There is a chorus repeated throughout the ballad, which sums up the story.

Let’s look at how this song tells a story:

From 7 YearsBy Lukas Graham

Once I was eleven years old,My daddy told me, “Go get yourself a wifeOr you’ll be lonely.”Once I was eleven years old.

I always had that dream, like my daddy before meSo I started writing songs, I started writing stories.Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me‘Cause only those I really love will ever really know me.

Once I was twenty years old,My story got toldI was writing about everythingI saw before me.Once I was twenty years old.

Soon we’ll be thirty years old,Our songs have been sold.We’ve traveled around the worldAnd we’re still roaming.Soon we’ll be thirty years old.

I’m still learning about life.My woman brought children for meSo I can sing them all my songs

Is there a rhyme scheme? __________

Is there a chorus? _________

How does this song tell a story? _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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And I can tell them stories.City I Love

By Lee Bennett Hopkins

In the cityI live in – City I love – Mornings wakeTo Swishes, swashes,SputtersOf sweepersSwooshing litterFrom gutters.

In the cityI live in – City I love – Afternoons pulseWithPeople hurrying,Scurrying – Races of facesPacing to Must-get-there Places.

In the cityI live in – City I love – Nights shimmerWith lightsCompetingWith starsAboveUnknown heights.

In the cityI live in – City I love – As dreamsStart to creepMy cityOf senseLullsMe

Is there a rhyme scheme? __________

Is there a chorus? _________

Highlight and label the best example of sound imagery.

What makes this a ballad? _________

_______________________________

Explain what this stanza is saying: _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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To sleep.

UntitledShe said to slow the car. _____She whined for she could not see the passing trees _____Or hear the river’s waters rush _____Or feel the arctic breeze. _____

As we sat on the side of the crackled and dry road,I wondered why she danced on the windFor we had so much further to go onAnd when I protested she looked at me as though I had sinned.

She said, “Take care,For each day on this landIs preciousAnd in our hand.”

Her words were as soft as the grass where we satAnd they pierced through my heart.I had been walking with closed eyes,But now my life could truly start.

She said, “Take care,For each day on this landIs preciousAnd in our hand.”

As the setting sun closed his eye,Our time had come.The day had rested in our hands like a trusting childBut now the day was done.

Label the rhyme scheme of the first stanza.

Highlight the figurative language in this stanza.

What is the deeper meaning? ______

______________________________

Is the 5th stanza a verse or the chorus? ___________

How do you know? __________

Highlight three different examples of figurative language in the last

stanza.

What kinds are they? _____________

______________________________

______________________________

What is the deeper meaning of this ballad? What does it represent? _______

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Plan Your Ballad!

Tone/Mood of your BalladPossible Figurative Language

Sound or Small ImageryTouch or Taste ImageryVisual Imagery

Possible Imagery

What is an idea you can use in your chorus that will make sense repeated throughout your ballad?

EndMiddleBeginning

Choose a true story to tell: ____________________________________________________________

Why is this story important to you? _____________________________________________________

Use adjectives!

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BalladRemember, a ballad tells a story.

Yours must be in quatrain form and have a set rhyme scheme. It must include at least 5 stanzas (3 verse stanzas and a chorus that repeats twice) and a strong example of

imagery.

Title: ________________________________

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___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)

___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)

___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)

___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)___________________________________________________________________ (___)

Type of imagery used: ______________________________________

Beginning

Chorus

Middle

Chorus

End

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Challenge PoemYou will choose the final type of poem you write.

Carefully read the description, example, and requirements of each before you make your choice. Examples are on the next page.

Options:1. Reverse2. Blackout3. Poem of Address

1. Reverse PoemThis type of poem can be read forwards (normally) and have a meaning – but can also be

read backwards (from the bottom up) and have a different (usually opposite) meaning.

Requirements:o At least ten lineso Has a clear and opposite meaning when read in reverse (from the bottom

up)

2. Blackout PoemThis type of poem is created when the poet takes a marker to an existing text (like a

newspaper page or the page of a book) and starts to blackout words. The words left uncovered are read in order as the poem. Some blackout poets also black out in a way that creates images that match the text.

Requirements:o Fills the pageo Has a clear meaning when the words are read in the order they appearo Has a clear tone/mood

3. Poem of AddressThis type of poem, sometimes called a Direct Address, is a poem written directly to

someone or something - think of it as a letter. They can be serious or humorous. Poems of address are usually free verse.

Requirements: o At least 15 lineso Is clearly to one person or one thingo Has a clear tone/mood

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Challenge PoemLook carefully at each example below.

1. Reverse Poem“Cinderella’s Double Life,” from Mirror, Mirror

Isn’t life unfair?Stuck in a corner,While they’re waiting for a chanceWith the prince,Dancing waltz after waltzAt the ball.I’ll be shiningThese shoesTill the clock strikes midnight.

Till the clock strikes midnight These shoes!I’ll be shiningAt the ball, Dancing waltz after waltz With the prince While they’re waiting for a chance,Stuck in a corner.Isn’t life unfair?

2. Blackout Poem 3. Poem of Address

Dear Hiccups,

You’re the enemy of my mouth and throat.

You’re the worst thing that could ever – hic – happen!

If you ever should disturb me again,

I shall toss you out of my vocal chords.

You’re like hail on an angry alligator.

So, catch my drift, dear hiccups – hic –

And get far, far away.

Get out – hic – DEAR, AWFUL HICCUPS!

- Hic -

“Hiccups”

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Challenge PoemGet the planner for the type of poem you chose. Staple or glue it here so that it stays with

the rest of your work.

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Challenge PoemGet the draft page for the type of poem you chose. Staple or glue it here so that it stays

with the rest of your work.

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Scratch PageUse this page to jot down topics, ideas, inspiration, etc. This does not mean off-topic

doodling.

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Poetry Scrapbook Rubric

Description 4 points: Expert

3 points: Apprentice

2 points: Novice

1 point: Needs

Practice

0 points: Didn’t include

Cover page is decorative and neat – first and last name are

visiblePage 1: Contains a 3 stanza

couplet which includes a simile or metaphor

Page 2: Contains a 3 stanza quatrain which includes

personification and alliterationPage 3: Contains a haiku about nature with the correct syllable

pattern (5-7-5)Page 4: Contains a free verse of at least 15 lines which includes

alliteration and one other type of figurative language

Pages 5-6: Contains a ballad of at least 5 stanzas. Two of these

stanzas must be a repeating chorus.

Pages 7-8: Contains a challenge poem in your choice of style. It

must meet the requirements outlined for that choice.

Back Cover: Includes a picture of and paragraph about the author. It is at least four

complete sentences and written in third person.

Pages show effort and attention to presentation. The author’s

purpose is clear and the project was turned in early or by the due

date.Poems contain no grammar or

spelling errors.

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Total Points: _____/40

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