An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spells out a word or phrase. Typically, the first letters of a line are used to spell the message. Called me tonight to ask for advice Although she scoffed at the words spoken Maybe this is her attempt at a conversation Either way,…
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Where I’m From
Where I’m From based on the poem by George Ella Lyon To end our poetry unit, we will write another poem that shows who we are. Although many of the stanzas are based on the template, you should add extra lines and or stanzas. Be sure to use the poetic devices that you have learned….
Humanities poems
Link your humanities poems here. Grade 7-Globalization If you are wanting more of an academic definition of globalization, check out the definition given by the Stanford Enyclopedia of Philosophy. If you are wanting more of a reachable definition, read mine below: Globalization is about being connected to others, irrespective of one’s geographical location. Globalization is…
I Believe…
Credo Poems- We stared this school year looking at identity, telling the stories of our lives and writing poems that reflect who we are. Credo poems are another form of identity catchers, it allows us to tell the world what we believe and what beliefs and values make us who we are. Post your Credo…
Found Poems
What is It? How to write a found poem A found poem uses language from non-poetic contexts and turns it into poetry. Think of a collage — visual artists take scraps of newspaper, cloth, feathers, bottle caps, and create magic. You can do the same with language and poems. Writing this type of poetry is…
Emotion Catalog Poems
Post your three Emotion poems on your blog and then link it to the class blog. Here is one by Amanda Sylvestre: I LOVE YOU I love you like the colors love rainbows I love you like Juliet loves her Romeo I love you like the wind loves waves I love you like words love…
Brave New Words
This weekend, while I perused Youtube looking for some more great spoken word poems to share with you, I came across two sites that I believe will be useful in your crafting and performing your poems. How to Get Started with Spoken Word Standards in Spoken Word Tips from Spoken Word poet Ami Mattison: “As…
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