Poetry

Note: A special thanks to Philip Sexsmith for the use of his resources.


 * __Activities__:**

Inspired by Sharon Creech's __Love That Dog__, students compose a poem that echoes //Love That Boy.//

In this activity, students construct a haiku poem from a song from the 70's (the sheet provides a list of the top ten songs from each year in the 70's). Next, students can go to www.prezi.com to create a representation of their poem.

Selecting a significant person in Canadian history, students complete a Bio-Poem using set criteria.

Using the messages inside fortune cookies, students are asked to create a poem around the fortune.

Using a favourite poem, students write the lyrics (or an excerpt) and construct a representation of the poem onto a brown paper bag.

In this activity, students can take their own creative liberties by adding line breaks (indicated by a /) in order to see how phrasing impacts poetry. Students may take turns reading the poem aloud, making sure to pause in the places where a space has been made.

This project allows students to build a video/photo representation of a poem using photostory or movie maker software.


 * __Rubrics__****:

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__**Teaching Resources**__**:**

A handout on the history and structure of the limerick form. Afterwards, there is an activity that enables students to write a limerick about a classmate. Various approaches for teachers to refer to when introducing poetry to students. This handout details poetic devices in a mind map format. A quick lesson on how to teach students how to write a haiku. A powerpoint presentation on poetry vocabulary/techniques.

__**Poems to Stud**y__**:

Hall, James - [|Maybe Dats Youwr Pwoblem Too] **















Wallace, Ronald - [|"You Can't Write A Poem About McDonald's"]


 * __Videos__**:

[|Student poetry videos]

__**Recommended Books:**__

Creech, Sharon - __Love That Dog__

Creech, Sharon - __Hate That Cat__

__**Useful Websites**__**:**

[|www.prezi.com] This website enables students to easily create a prezi; a zooming presentation tool that presents information in an interesting fashion.

[|www.poets.org] This website is a data base for tons of poetry, poets, pictures and videos.