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poems for esl students
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AN INQUIRY INTO:
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What is poetry?Who is poetry for?Why is poetry important?
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A Poem Is A Little Path
A poem is a little pathThat leads you through the trees.It takes you to the cliffs and shores,
To anywhere you please.Follow it and trust your wayWith mind and heart as one, And when the journey's over, You'll find you've just begun.
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What do you think about when you hear the word
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There are many kinds of poems: Some poems make us LAUGH.Some poems make us THINK.Some poems are SHORT AND FUNNY.Some poems are LONG AND SERIOUS.Some poems RHYME.Some poems DO NOT RHYME.
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Here are some different KINDS of poems:
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Couplets
Couplets have two lines that rhyme.
From “Tickle Day: Poems from Father Goose” by Charles Ghigna:
Tell me if you think you knowHow to make a turtle go.
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Here is a poem that has four couplets:
PUMPKINS ON GUARD
by Charles Ghinga, from "Halloween Night"
Look at all the pumpkin facesLighting up so many places.On the porch and in the yard,Pumpkin faces standing guard.Looking friendly, looking mean,With a smile or with a scream.Orange faces burning brightIn the cool October night.
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Tercets
Tercets have three lines. Here is a poem with two tercets:
WITCH WAY
by Charles Ghinga, from "Halloween Night"
With warts on her noseAnd sharp pointy toes,
She flies through the night on her broom.With covers pulled tightIn the shadows of night,
I hide in the dark of my room.
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Ballad Stanzas
A group of four lines is called a STANZA. The ballad stanza has a rhyme at the end of line number two and line number four.
THE BEE POEM
by Charles Ghinga, from "Tickle Day: Poems by Father Goose"
A poem is a busy beeBuzzing in your head.
His hive is full of hidden thoughtsWaiting to be said.
His honey comes from your ideasThat he makes into rhyme.He flies around looking forWhat goes on in your mind.When it's time to let him out
To make some poetry,He gathers up your secret thoughts
And then he sets them free.
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What KINDS of poems have you read?
What KINDS of poems have you written?
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I Wrote an Awful Poem
I wrote an awful poem; it was bad in the extreme. I showed it to my sister
and it made my sister scream.
I gave it to my mother and she promptly flipped her lid.
My father blew a gasket, and my baby brother hid.
I brought my poem with me when I came to school today. My teacher nearly fainted
and my friends all ran away.
I never knew a poem could be such amazing fun,
but that was such a blast,I think I'll write another one.
Kenn Nesbitt
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My Father Looks Like Frankenstein
My father looks like Frankenstein, my mom looks like Godzilla,
my brother looks like Dracula, my sister, Vampirella.
My family is the scariest in this entire city.
I really can't explain how I turned out to be so pretty.
--Kenn Nesbitt
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Fill in the blank poems
Yankee Doodle
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Homework:
Find a poem you like in English, illustrate it and bring it to tomorrow's class.
