What is Poetry

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What is Poetry?

• A poem can be a brief, shining moment in which
  you capture a kernel of something beautiful for
  the first time.

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What is Poetry?

• It can be a way for you to explore your deepest,
  private thoughts and make language come alive.

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What is Poetry?

• Writing poetry can be a great pleasure and a
  great challenge.

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What is Poetry?

• Poets choose words carefully and arrange them in
  the best order they make every word count.

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What is Poetry?

• Poets use rhyme and rhythm, alliteration and
  assonance, similes and metaphors, and other
  poetic techniques to capture the essence of what
  they mean.

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What is Poetry?

• There are different kinds of poems, each governed
  by its own set of rules for composition.
• Different kinds of poems.

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Characteristics of Poetry

• Uses word pictures to create images.
• Uses the sound of language to create ideas.
• Is usually intended to be read aloud.
• Uses a few words to tell about an idea.
• Tell about ordinary events.

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What is Poetry?

• The best way to begin thinking about writing
  poetry is to read the poetry of others.
• Lets listen to a poem.
• Lee Samuel reads a poem for us.
• Now, lets listen to some more poetry.

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Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are
as important as theyare. -Gwendolyn Brooks
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Haiku

• Haiku are poems about nature and humanity,
  written in a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. Haiku is an
  honored form of poetry of Japanese origin. Its
  unrhymed three lines contain usually 5, 7 and 5
  syllables.

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Haiku

• The master Masaoka Shiki told his disciples that
  they had only to look carefully at one scene in
  nature to be able to produce over 20 HAIKU. Shiki
  wrote tens of thousands over his short lifetime
  of 36 years.

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Haiku

• When you write a haiku, rely on your five senses
  to convey your ideas. Make the reader hear, see,
  smell, taste, touch your ideas don't tell, show,
  demonstrate, illustrate, be sensory.

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Haiku

• Follow the standard rules of HAIKU. Write three
  short lines. Edit all extra words. Question
  whether the adjectives and adverbs are necessary.
  Do you need every word?

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Haiku

• Keep them short . Line one and two should be
  different images. Use line 3 to bring the 2
  images together.

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Haiku

• Examples of Haiku.

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HaikuFinish this poem.Who has words for the
next line?
Snowflake on dark hair
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Writing a haiku.

• Think about everything we have learned.
• Watch the images on the video and listen to the
  music. Think about what words you would use to
  describe what you see.
• Choose one to write about. Create you own haiku
  poem.
• Share if you want.
• Create your haiku and illustrate in Paint in the
  computer lab, if you want.

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Watch the video to get ideas for your haiku
poem. Ask for help if you need it.
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Now you are experts at writing haiku! But what
about other kinds of poetry?
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Today, we will try writing two different kinds of
poems. You can choose one, or write one of each.
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The first kind of poem is a concrete poem.
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Concrete poems are in the shape of what you are
writing about.
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Think about what you want to write about.
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Then, list the words you want to use. Dont try
to make the shape until you have your words.
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Now, put your words into the shape of your poem.
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The other kind of poem you can try today is an
acrostic poem.
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The other kind of poem you can try today is an
acrostic poem.
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Acrostic poems are easy! You just line up the
letters of a word and then think of words that
start with each letter.
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Animal Acrostics
Color Acrostics
Friends Acrostics
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OK, get to work! Let me know if you need help.