Poetry portfolio

7th Grade Language Arts

Poetry Portfolio – 3rd Bimester

Project

Your Poetry Portfolio must contain the following 8 poem types:

• 1 Acrostic Poem -- Minimum 6 letter word; lines need to be multi-word

• 1 Haiku

• 1 Cinquain

• 1 Limerick

• 1 Free Verse Poem Minimum 6 lines

• 1 Diamante Poem

• 1 Ode - Minimum 8 lines

• 1 Sonnet - 14 lines (ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)

Acrostic Poem

• An acrostic poem is a type of poetry where the first,

last or other letters in a line spell out a particular

word or phrase. The most common and simple form

of an acrostic poem is where the first letters of each

line spell out the word or phrase.

Acrostic Example

• An acrostic poem

• Creates a challenge

• Random words on a theme

• Or whole sentences that rhyme

• Select your words carefully

• To form a word from top to bottom

• Is the aim of this poetry style

• Choose a word then go!

Acrostic Example – Letters in

Middle

Acrostic – Letters at End

Haiku

• Haiku is a Japanese poem which can also be known as a Hokku. A Haiku is a type of poetry that can be written on many themes, from love to nature.

• A Haiku consists of 3 lines and 17 syllables.

Line 1: 5 syllables

Line 2: 7 syllables

Line 3: 5 syllables

Haiku Example

• Summer

(5) The sky is so blue.(7) The sun is so warm up high.(5) I love the summer.

• Toast(5) I really like toast.(7) It is yummy when it's hot.(5) I like it best cold.

Cinquain

• A cinquain poem is a verse of five lines that do not rhyme. The cinquain poem was created by Adelaide Crapsey.

• A cinquain consists of five unrhymed lines.

• Each line has a set number of syllables see below:

Line 1: 2 syllablesLine 2: 4 syllablesLine 3: 6 syllablesLine 4: 8 syllablesLine 5: 2 syllables

Cinquain Example

My mum (2 syllables)

Is so caring (4 syllables)

She is always helpful (6 syllables)

She is so beautiful and kind (8 syllables)

Love you. (2 syllables)

Limerick

• Five-line poem that tells a funny or silly story.

• Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and have the same number

of syllables.

• Lines 3 and 4 rhyme, have the same number of

syllables and are usually shorter than the other lines.

• Line 5 refers back to line 1.

Limerick Example

Diamante Poetry

• A diamante poem is made up of 7 lines using a set structure:

Line 1: Beginning subjectLine 2: Two describing words about line 1Line 3: Three doing words about line 1Line 4: A short phrase about line 1, a short phrase about line 7Line 5: Three doing words about line 7Line 6: Two describing words about line 7Line 7: End subject

• It is written in the shape of a diamond.

Diamante Example

Light,

Sun, Bright,

Happy, Confident, Joyful,

Care free, Smiling, Masking ,Melancholy,

Poignant, Sad, Depressed,

Heartbreaking, Scary,

Dark

Free Verse

• Expresses an idea, story, or feeling in rhythmic form. It has no particular pattern, and may or may not have rhyming phrases.

• Free verse doesn’t have a specific pattern. In free verse, it is the rhythm and the language used to express an idea that makes the poem.

• Without set rules, you are free to decide where to break your form into stanzas, what (if any) rhyming scheme you use, and even your style of grammar.

Free Verse Example

Ode

• What is a Ode?

• An Ode is a lyric poem, usually addressing a

particular person or thing. It originated in Ancient

Greece.

• Odes use similes, metaphors and sometimes a

technique called hyperbole.

Ode Example

Ode to an Olive

Oh Olive,You are as precious to me as any gem,With your beautiful, pure skin as smooth as silkAnd as green as the grass in summertime.I love your taste and the smell of your tender fruitWhich hides beneath your green armour.Olive, sweet, tasty Olive,How I love you so and my mealtimes wouldn't be the sameIf you weren't in my life.Oh Olive,Nothing can compare to you, nothing at all,You are food of the gods, a king's richesAnd, most importantly, you are mine, oh Olive!

Sonnet

• A Sonnet is a poem of an expressive thought or idea

made up of 14 lines, each being 10 syllables long.

• Its rhymes are arranged according to one of the schemes

– Italian, or the more common English which is three

quatrains followed by a rhyming couplet.

• Structure of an English sonnet:

• ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG

Sonnet Example

• Sonnet 18 – William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Rubric for Grading

• Completeness -- all required poems are included and labeled appropriately / 4

• Accuracy -- All poems are written according to the specifications of the genre /2

• Presentation -- Final portfolio is attractively presented, shows effort and creativity / 2

• Language Use & Mechanics -- All words are spelled correctly; no grammatical or mechanical errors

/ 2