Poetry Prompts: Working with Nouns

You will write an original poem using ONE of the four sets of words.
Your post title should be the original title of your poem

Your poem must contain

-1 example of alliteration
-1 example of personification
-2 similes

LABEL YOUR LIT DEVICES

Groups of Words (choose ONE)


Write a poem using all of the following words: smooth, soothe, work, dark.
Write a poem using all of the following words: snake, honey, thaw.
Write a poem using all of the following words: moth, angle, cloth, tangle.
Write a poem using all of the following words: exquisite, visit, glisten.

Concrete Poetry Assignment

Concrete Poetry for Sonnet 18

Label your title: Concrete Poetry Sonnet 18
Copy and paste the original Sonnet 18 from the internet
Upload a picture of your concrete poem
At the bottom of the page, include an MLA citation for Sonnet 18

Student Examples:

Haiku Poetry Assignment

Haiku Poetry

Step One: Read the article "Five Reasons Why We Need Poetry in Schools" 

Step Two: figure out the main ideas of each of the five reasons

Step Three: create a Haiku for each of the five reasons (five haikus total); write a creative title for each haiku


Title your blog post: Edutopia Haikus

Create an MLA citation for the Edutopia article. You may use Purdue Owl or Easybib

Points:

Post set up (2 pts)
MLA citation at the end of the blog (3 pts)
Each Haiku = 2 pts title / 3 pts format / 5 pts content (50 total pts)

Total = 55 pts

Tips: MLA for An Article in a Web Magazine

Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the Web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, medium of publication, and the date of access. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.

Dictionary Poem Assignment

Create a dictionary poem using an adjective from our vocabulary list:

Post Title: Dictionary Poem: _____ (your word)
Follow dictionary poem format

Word
POS
Definition

4 stanzas that start with AS IN: and gives an example of how the word relates to your life. Each stanza must be at least 4 lines long.
* the vocabulary word must be in each stanza! Highlight each vocabulary word.

Include 1 use of onomatopoeia
At the bottom of your poem, list the definition of onomatopoeia and your example:


WORDS:

abominable
candid
capricious
effusive
fickle
germane
hapless
impassive
oblivious
pallid
palpable

25 Points

dictionary poem format
- word (1 pt)
- pos (1 pt)
- definition (1 pt)

4 stanzas  (2 pts)
4 lines min (2 pts)
Every line starts with AS IN (2 pts)
Voc word is highlighted (2 pts)

Proper use of word in stanza 1 (2 pts)
Proper use of word in stanza 2 (2 pts)
Proper use of word in stanza 3 (2 pts)
Proper use of word in stanza 4 (2 pts)

Correct use of onomatopoeia (2 pts)
Label and example at bottom of page (1 pt)

Creativity (3 pts)

Ode Poetry Assignment

TITLE of blog should be the title of your poem
Labels: Ode Poetry


Content:
1. Write the definition of an Ode Poem
2. Create Ode that has

- five stanzas
- 2 examples of alliteration
- 1 simile
- 1 metaphor
- use of "thee"
- repetition

At the bottom of the page identify your literary devices

PTS

post set up: 3 PTS
definition: 2 PTS
Ode form : 5 PTS
creativity: 5 PTS

2 alliteration (2 pts)
1 simile (2 pts)
1 metaphor (2 pts)
Thee (2 pts)
Repetition (2 pts)

Lit device label: 5 PTS - 1 each

30 pts