POETRY PORTFOLIO

Due 3/21/14

MAKE A LONG LIST OF EXCUSES/COMPLAINTS ON

WHY YOU DON’T WANT TO WRITE A POEM..

EXAMPLES:

“I AM TIRED”

“I AM HALF ASLEEP”

“MY BRAINS NOT FUNCTIONING”

“I HAVE NO PEN”

“MY HEAD HURTS”

“I HAVE NO PENCIL”

ADD A TITLE EXAMPLE- I CAN’T WRITE A POEM

ADD AN ENDING

EXAMPLE-

YOU LIKE IT? REALLY? NO KIDDING.

THANKS A LOT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE

ANOTHER ONE?

SCORING RUBRIC • EXCUSE POEM (1) Due 3/13

• CATHOLIC DAUGHTER’S (1) DUE 2/27

• DIAMANTE (3) Due 3/13

• CINQUAIN (3) Due 3/13

• LIMERICK (3) Due 3/14

• HAiKU (4) Due 3/14

• ACROSTIC (4) Due 3/18

• FREE VERSE (3) Due 3/19

• SHAPE POEM (3) Due 3/20

• ARTISTIC DESIGN

• CREATE ROUGH DRAFTS… • ADD ART WORK TO EACH FINAL

DRAFT… • SHOULD BE TYPED, OR NEATLY

WRITTEN… • FOLLOW RUBRIC FOR AMOUNTS

DUE ON EACH SPECIFIC GENRE..

“POETRY IS THE MUSIC OF THE SOUL, AND, ABOVE ALL, OF GREAT AND FEELING S SOULS.”

-VOLTAIRE

MR MCD’S PORTFOLIO

CINQUAIN ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

COURAGOUS, BRILLIANT

LEADING, INSPIRING, PERSERVERING

THIS PRESIDENT WILLED US THROUGH OUR DARKEST DAYS

PRESIDENT

CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS POEM

CONTEST/PORTFOLIO

CATHOLIC DAUGHTER’S (1) DUE 2/27

THEME OPTIONS:

-”How do I promote peace in the world?”

OR

-”Jesus loves us, how do we spread the

love?”

*ANY STYLE OF POETRY, TYPED, OR NEATLY

WRITTEN, NOT TO EXCEED 8 LINES…

DIAMANTE SCHOOL

WARM, FRIENDLY

INVITING, PREPARING, SHAPING

STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FOOD, REMOTE CONTROL

LOAFING, EATING, SNOOZING

LAZY, UNMOTIVATED

COUCH

LIMERICK

ALTHOUGH AT TIMES 8A MAKES ME WANT TO RETIRE

EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEME I DO ADMIRE

THEY PROVIDE ME WITH A FEELING OF SUCH PRIDE

THIS INFORMATION, I FEEL, IS IMPORTANT TO CONFIDE

FOR ALL OF THEM TO SUCCEED IN LIFE IS MY ULTIMATE DESIRE

HAIKU • POETRY ORIGINATING FROM JAPANESE CULTURE IN

9TH CENTURY.

• HAIKU LOOKS SIMPLE, BUT AN EFFECTIVE POEM FOCUSES ON A SINGLE MOMENT OR TOPIC TO EVOKE THE SENSES

• COMBINES FORM, CONTENT AND LANGUAGE

• 17 SYLLABLES IN THREE LINES:

FIRST LINE 5 SYLLABLES

SECOND LINE 7 SYLLABLES

THIRD LINE 5 SYLLABLES

*TOPICS FREQUENTLY ABOUT NATURE OR A PERSONS FEELINGS. NOT LIMITED TO THIS THOUGH…

HAIKU POETRY

THE SUN SHINES ON US

PROVIDING THE WORLD WITH LIGHT

HAPPINESS FOLLOWS

SNOWFLAKES FALLING DOWN ACCUMULATES ALL AROUND

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW….

SHAPE (THEME) POETRY • CHOOSE TOPIC

• WRITE WORDS/PHRASES/DESCRIPTIONS OF YOUR SUBJECT

• PICK THE BEST ONES/ARRANGE

• DRAW OUTLINE OF YOUR TOPIC WITH PENCIL

• WRITE THE WORDS YOU PICKED FOLLOWING SHAPE OUTLINE

SHAPE POETRY

SHAPE POETRY-CHALLENGE YOURSELF

• No specific length, meter

• Can rhyme, but does not have to…

• Any topic

Free verse poems