Lesson Four - Poetry Writing

Objectives:
Students will use templates to create 3 poems: one on plants, one on a bird and one on an animal.
Students will use information gained from their research of different habitats.

Lesson Plans:
1. Each student will produce three poems.
2.  One template must be "I Am An Animal" another must be a "Diamond" and the last must be the "Limerick" template
3. Information in the poem needs to be accurate.
4. Students will have one class period to work on this and the rest will be completed outside of class. This assignment is due in one week.
5 Their favorite poem must be posted to the blog. All three poems need to be printed out.
6. Students must comment on two of their peers poems on the blog

Tools:
Please go to the following site to access the three templates.
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

Write an Instant I am an Animal Poem
Method:	Line 1     I am  a an   Line 2       as  a an   Line 3     I    Line 4     I    Line 5     I can  Line 6     I can  Line 7     I am (repeat from line 1)

I am a bear
Grizzled as an old man's beard
I  eat berries and fish
I  sleep all winter long
I can smell food from a mile away
I can run up to 30 mph
I am a bear

Write an Instant Diamond Poem
Method:	Line 1 - a one word noun that is the opposite of the bottom noun in Line 7   Line 2 - 2 adjectives that describe the top noun   Line 3 - 3 verbs that the top noun does   Line 4 - 4 nouns that the top noun and the bottom noun both have    Line 5 - 3 verbs that the bottom noun does   Line 6 - 2 adjectives that describe the bottom noun   Line 7 - a one word noun that is the opposite of the top noun in Line 1
Sample:	TV  Boring, Predictable  Sells, Preaches, Teaches  Words, Pictures, Sounds, Action  Entertains,  Thrills, Kills Thoughtful,  Meaningful Movie

Write an Instant Limerick
Method:	There once was a named . Who ate . But the , To be . They were .
Sample:	There once was a pelican named Izzie. Who ate fishes until she was dizzy. But the fishes didn't mind, To be treated so unkind. They were just glad to keep her so busy.

Evaluation: 

Each poem is worth 5 points a piece for a total of 15 points. The blog post is worth 5 points so the total for this project is 20 points.