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Poetry 3Mr. Dunne 1st October

We have done a rhyming list poem – Ten ..........

We have done an acrostic poem – hidden message in first letter.

Let’s hear some of them before we begin.

So far...

We are going to do a

•list poemToday

We’re going to go over two examples of non-rhyming list poetry.

You’re going to try.

We’re going to go over a rhyming list poem.

I’m going to give you a method of finding rhymes.

You’re going to try.

Today

To begin with,

A non-rhyming list poem

What Bugs Me

• When my teacher tells me to write a poem.

• When my mother tells me to clean up my room.

• When my sister practices her violin while I'm watching TV.

• When my father tells me to turn off the TV and do my homework.

• When my brother picks a fight with me and I have to go to bed early.

• When my teacher asks me to get up in front of the class and read the poem I wrote on the school bus.

The poet named several people – family

members.

The poet named several activities –

writing, cleaning, watching, doing, going

and reading.

Did you notice?

A noun A person, place or thing.

A verb An action word.

He or she used:

What not to do.

• Ellen made a pyramid out of gum.

• Cian “accidentally” dropped a heavy book on the

ground.

• Colin thought about being a movie star all day.

• Katryna stared at the person sitting across from her.

• Jack made funny faces.

• Kelly drew faces on a copy.

Your turn

Think of five people. They don’t have to have names. Maybe you want to call them by their title or job – family members, subject teachers, football players or teams.

Maybe you want to name celebrities or characters from books, movies or songs.

5 people (who are linked) The name of this group is your title.

The subject, group or nouns

Think of five verbs, five actions. Each action will be used by one of the people you just picked.

5 verbsWhat are they doing?

The actions, activities or verbs.

TitleNoun and verbNoun and verbNoun and verbNoun and verbNoun and verb

Now create you list poem

Next,

A rhyming list poem

A bumble bee with a stinger A deer with a rack A bird that's a singer A horse with a knack

A dog with its collar A cat that meows A rooster's loud holler A farm with some cows

The Great Outdoors

Think of a word – “word”Remove the first letter – “ord”Add in letters until something familiar comes up.

Sound it out.

Aord, bord... Bird

Help with rhyming

Money – oney – abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Bunny Funny Honey Runny Sunny

Examples

Choose a subject – Eight nouns for your list. Consider people, places, things, animals, any eight things you can group together.

Consider footballers or teams, music artists or television characters.

8 nouns That subject is your title.

The subject, group or nouns

“with a......”or

“that.......”

This time however

A bumble bee with a stinger

A deer with a rackA bird that's a singer A horse with a knack

The Great Outdoors

Think of a word that goes with your first and second noun and write it down. Then try to find something that rhymes with it.

If its an object – “A (noun) with an x” If its a job - “A (noun) that is (that’s) an x”.

That has, wants, likes.

Now

A bumble bee with a stinger A deer with a rack A bird that's a singer A horse with a knack

A dog with its collar A cat that meows A rooster's loud holler A farm with some cows

The Great Outdoors

Have two list poems next week, this one and a new one.

A rhyming list poem with 8 lines, Two stanzas, 4 lines in each

Homework