PoetryPoetry

About the AuthorAbout the Author• You will be writing a paragraph about

yourself that must include a picture.

• Your paragraph must include– Name -Hobbies– Age -Who you live with– Where you live -Your favorite place to go– What you want to be when you grow up– Some place you would like to travel to – Anything else interesting

About the Author:

• Sophia Smith was born in San Diego California on August 2nd, 1996. She lives with her parents and younger sister, Sarah. When she is older she would like to be a surgeon for the U.S. Army. In her spare time you can find her playing soccer or eating chocolate! Her favorite movie is “Rat Race.” Over all, Sophia is an amazing person with an awesome personality!

Alliteration

• Write a poem using alliteration.

-Pick a letter of the alphabet.

-Write a minimum of three stanzas.

-Each stanza must have a minimum of two lines each.

Monkeys Makin’ Pies

Monkeys move around MoroccoMaking mud pies for money

After making mud pies,Monkeys move mattresses and make moo moo

pies

Many Mama’s think this is marvelous,Many Monkeys must agree!

Things that make you smile

• Create a list of things that you like

• Your poem can either be your list, or about one subject.

• Minimum line requirement – 12-20 lines.

Things That Make Me SmileIt makes me smile when I hear my favorite song

When my sister and I get along

When I see my relatives after a long time apart

When I know unexpected things because it makes me feel smart

When I see my best friends at school

When I do an epic cannonball into the pool

When I drink a smoothie

When, for the twentieth time, I watch my favorite movie

When my friend tells a funny joke

When I laugh so hard at the joke and almost choke

When it’s finally the weekend and I can relax for a while

These are the things that make me smile.

If-You-Were and If-I-Were PoemsIf-You-Were and If-I-Were Poems• Think of a person you like and compare them

to some thing. (metaphor, Suzie is a flower)

• Now compare yourself to something associated with the first object. (I am the soil)

• Poem must be three stanza’s long. Each stanza must have four lines.

If You Were A FlowerIf you were a flower,I would be the wind,I would leave you there,And stay with you till the end.

If I was the moon, While you were the sun,I’d let you shine bright, as bright as you could,Until it is night.

If you were an ice creamAnd I was the freezer,I would never let you melt,Because without you I would be nothing either.

If-You -WereIf-You -WereIf you were a shining star

And I were your midnight,

I’d let you shine above me,

You’d be my only light.

If you were a scoop of ice cream

And I were an ice cream cone,

I’d put you on my shoulders

An hold you for my own.

Name PoemName Poem• Write your name• It means (3 adjectives that describe you)• It is the number (write your favorite number in words)• It is the (write two things that are your favorite color: example: roses

and lipstick)• It is when I (finish the line with a thing you accomplished)• It is a memory of (name a person who means a lot to you• …who taught me (name a trait of good character)• …when (finish the sentence with the event that happened when they

taught you the lesson)• My name is (first name)• It means (finish the sentence with something you like doing or

something that is important to you)

Name poemName poem

Cindy Jamie

It means fun, smart, competitive It means funny, strong, brave,

It is four, It is one,

It is like the sun in the sky, It is like the grass in the morning,

It is camping at Pine Edge, It is the greatest time ever,

It is a memory of my mom, It is a memory of my mom,

Who taught me trust and kindness, Who taught me how to write,

When she let me run all over. When she did homework with me.

My name is Cindy, My name is Jamie,

It means I believe in doing my own thing It means keeping my brother

happy and safe.

I am?I am?• I am scaly and green

I wonder what it’s like on land

I hear bubbles from mouth’s of fish

I see huge boats

I want a friend to love and care for

I am scaly and green

I pretend to talk to friends

I feel the furry feeling of the moss

I touch the warm swampy sand

I worry about the scary men with cages

I cry when I see others get taken away

I am scaly and green

I understand we don’t all live

I say let us all be free!

I dream of seeing my family again

I try to restrain from hurting others

I hope for a comfortable habitat

I am scaly and green

I Am PoemI Am Poem• First StanzaI am (two special characteristics you have)

I wonder (something you are actually curious about)

I hear (a sound)

I see (a sight)

I want (an actual desire)

I am ( the first line of the poem repeted)

Second StanzaI pretend (something you actually pretend to do)

I feel (a feeling / emotion)

I touch (an object)

I worry (something that really bothers you)

I cry (something that makes you very sad)

I am (the first line of the poem repeated)

Third StanzaI understand (something you know is true)

I say (something you believe in)

I dream (something you actually dream about)

I try (something you make a real effort about)

I hope (something you actually hope for)

I am (first line of the poem repeated)