LANGUAGE ARTS SIXTH GRADE

BIG

I’m talking big !I’m talking huge!

I’m talking enormous, immense, Tremendous!I’m talking hulking, towering, Titanic, mountainous!I’m talking maximum, massive,Stupendous, gigantic, monumental!

I’m talking fantastic, fabulous,Incredible, unbelievable, mammoth, Vast!I’m talking astronomical, mighty, Monstrous, universal, colossal, Magnificent, galactical! I’m talking BIG!

----Colin McNaughton

WHAT DO ALL THESE WORDSHAVE IN COMMON?THEY’RE ALL ADJECTIVES!

SYNONYMS

WORDS THAT HAVE NEARLY THE SAME MEANINGS.

WHAT MAKES A POEM A POEM?

PROSE---ALL WRITING THAT IS NOT POETRY

ALLITERATION----START WITH THE SAME SOUND“towering” and “titanic”HALF-RHYMES----like “immense” and “tremendous”

MUSICALITY---ONE OF THE QUALITIES THAT MAKES IT A POEM.

WHAT KIND OF PUNCTUATION IS USED IN THE POEM?

HOW SHOULD THE POEM BE READ?

CHOOSE A WORD THAT IS AN ADJECTIVE.---A WORD THATDESCRIBES A PERSON OR ANOBJECT.

NEXT,WRITE DOWN AS MANYSYNONYMS AS YOU CAN FOR THIS WORD.

YOU MAY NOT USE ANY WORDS FROM THE POEM.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO USE A DICTIONARYOR THESAURUS.

WRITE YOUR OWN SUPER-DUPER SYNONYM POEM.

USE AS MANY OF YOUR WORDS FROM THE LISTAS POSSIBLE..

THE WORD YOU CHOSE ,YOUR ADJECTIVE,WILL BE THE TITLE OF YOUR POEM.

NOW CONCENTRATE ON THOSE SYNONYMS!