rhyme scheme with bellringer, samples to work through, ayg questions, and picture prompt for writing

1. Think of a song you like.2. Think of one of the verses and write it out on your paper.3. Draw squares around the last word in each line, then...4. Connect the squares that

rhyme with lines.

Bell-ringerCome in, sit down, get started. Don’t make me tell you what to do.

Mr. Bartlett’s English Class

Control Yourself.Cooperate with Me.Continue the March.

Mr. Bartlett’s English Class

Control Yourself.Cooperate with Me.Continue the March.

Mr. Bartlett’s English Class

Control Yourself.Cooperate with Me.Continue the March.

Mr. Bartlett’s English Class

Control Yourself.Cooperate with Me.Continue the March.

Mr. Bartlett’s English Class

Control Yourself.Cooperate with Me.Continue the March.

Any questions on this? Concerns? Problems?Speak with me before class begins.

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What are we Doing Today?

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What are we Doing Today?You will learn what rhyme scheme is

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What are we Doing Today?You will learn what rhyme scheme isWe will look at the rhyme scheme of some poems

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What are we Doing Today?You will learn what rhyme scheme isWe will look at the rhyme scheme of some poemsYou will answer quiz questions along the way, then…

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What are we Doing Today?You will learn what rhyme scheme isWe will look at the rhyme scheme of some poemsYou will answer quiz questions along the way, then…You will figure out rhyme scheme on some poems

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What are we Doing Today?You will learn what rhyme scheme isWe will look at the rhyme scheme of some poemsYou will answer quiz questions along the way, then…You will figure out rhyme scheme on some poems Cool? Then that’s all we’ll do today.

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What are we Doing Today?You will learn what rhyme scheme isWe will look at the rhyme scheme of some poemsYou will answer quiz questions along the way, then…You will figure out rhyme scheme on some poems Cool? Then that’s all we’ll do today. Not cool? Then you’ll do some writing from a prompt.

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What is Rhyme Scheme?

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What is Rhyme Scheme?Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poem

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What is Rhyme Scheme?Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poemWe have a particular way of showing rhyme scheme

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What is Rhyme Scheme?Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme in a poemWe have a particular way of showing rhyme schemeLet’s take a look at an easy little poem as an example

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Roses are red,

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweet

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is a little poem.

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is a little poem. You notice that it rhymes, right?

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is a little poem. You notice that it rhymes, right?

Let’s look at the rhyme a little closer.

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the first line of the poem.

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the first line of the poem. Let’s label the sound of the ending here as “a.”

a

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the first line of the poem. Let’s label the sound of the ending here as “a.”

If any other lines rhyme with this line, we’ll label them “a.”

a

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the second line.a

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the second line.

Does it rhyme with the first line?

a

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the second line.

Does it rhyme with the first line?

No. So we label the second line with the next letter.

ab

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the third line.ab

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the third line.

Does it rhyme with the “a” line or the “b” line?

ab

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the third line.

Does it rhyme with the “a” line or the “b” line?

No. So we label it with the next letter.

abc

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the fourth line.abc

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the fourth line.

Does it rhyme with “a”, “b”, or “c”?

abc

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

This is the fourth line.

Does it rhyme with “a”, “b”, or “c”?

Yes! It rhymes with b.So we label it “b.”

abcb

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

abcb

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Roses are red,Violets are blue,Sugar is sweetAnd so are you.

The rhyme scheme of this little verse is

a-b-c-b

abcb

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Good.Now let’s answer some questions.

Rhyme SchemeName Quiz 15123

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Question 1: Rhyme scheme is… (a) the pattern of rhyme in a poem. (b) the number of lines in a poem. (c) the syllable pattern in a poem. (d) the title of a poem.

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Question 2: Which of the following is an example of how rhyme scheme is written? (a) “face…race.” (b) 6-6-7-6 (c) a-b-c-b (d)

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Question 3: What letter does the rhyme scheme labeling start with? (a) p (b) c (c) a (d) v

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Question 4: When we analyze a poem for rhyme scheme, we are analyzing… (a) beat. (b) sound. (c) mood. (d) tension.

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That’s good for now.Keep your answer sheets handy.

Now let’s do a l-o-o-o-n-g one together.

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

The blind mice are angryThe sheep are upsetFrom now on use tissuesSo no one gets wet!

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

The blind mice are angryThe sheep are upsetFrom now on use tissuesSo no one gets wet!

abcb

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

The blind mice are angryThe sheep are upsetFrom now on use tissuesSo no one gets wet!

abcb

defe

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

The blind mice are angryThe sheep are upsetFrom now on use tissuesSo no one gets wet!

abcb

defe

ghih

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

The blind mice are angryThe sheep are upsetFrom now on use tissuesSo no one gets wet!

abcb

defe

ghih

jklk

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Little Boy BluePlease cover your noseYou sneezed on Miss MuffetAnd ruined her clothes

You sprayed Mother HubbardAnd now she is sickYou put out the fireOn Jack’s candle stick

Your sneeze is the reasonWhy Humpty fell downYou drenched Yankee DoodleWhen he came to town

The blind mice are angryThe sheep are upsetFrom now on use tissuesSo no one gets wet!

abcb

defe

ghih

jklk

a-b-c-b d-e-f-e g-h-i-h j-k-l-k

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Now You Do One:

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Now You Do One:

Mary had a little lambIts fleece was white as snowAnd everywhere that Mary wentThe lamb was sure to go.

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Mary had a little lambIts fleece was white as snowAnd everywhere that Mary wentThe lamb was sure to go.

abcb

Now You Do One:

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Now You Do a Harder One:

There once was a fellow named TimWhose dad never taught him to swimHe fell off a dockAnd sunk like a rockAnd that was end of him.

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There once was a fellow named TimWhose dad never taught him to swimHe fell off a dockAnd sunk like a rockAnd that was end of him.

aabba

Now You Do a Harder One:

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One More, Just for Practice:I love my job, I love the pay!I love it more and more each day.I love my boss, he is the best!I love his boss, and all the rest.I love the office and its location,I hate to have to go on vacation.I love my furniture, drab and grey,And piles of paper that grow each day!

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I love my job, I love the pay!I love it more and more each day.I love my boss, he is the best!I love his boss, and all the rest.I love the office and its location,I hate to have to go on vacation.I love my furniture, drab and grey,And piles of paper that grow each day!

aabbccaa

One More, Just for Practice:

Now Analyze Some PoemsContinue on the Same Answer Sheet.

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Mrs. Mitchell’s underwearIs dancing on the line;Mrs. Mitchell’s underwearHas never looked so fine.

Question 5: What’s the rhyme scheme here? (a) a-a-b-b (b) a-b-a-b (c) a-b-c-b (d) a-a-b-a

From Lee’s Mrs. Mitchell’s Underwear.

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Dining with his older daughterDad forgot to order water.Daughter quickly called the waiterWaiter said he’d bring it later.

Question 6: What’s the rhyme scheme here? (a) a-b-c-a (b) a-b-b-a (c) a-b-c-d (d) a-a-b-b

From Hoberman’s Waiters.

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I had a little brotherAnd brought him to my motherAnd said I want anotherLittle brother for a change.

Question 7: What’s the rhyme scheme here? (a) a-a-a-b (b) a-b-b-b (c) a-b-a-b (d) a-a-b-c

From Hoberman’s Brother.

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Isabel once was asleep in bedWhen a horrible dream crawled into her head.It was worse than a dinosaur, worse than a shark, Worse than an octopus oozing in the dark. "Boo!" said the dream, with a dreadful grin,I'm going to scare you out of your skin!"Question 8: What’s the rhyme scheme here? (a) a-b-a-b-c-c (b) a-b-c-c-b-a (c) a-a-b-b-c-c (d) a-b-c-a-b-c From Nash’s Adventures of Isabel.

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A crocodile With cunning smileSat in the dentist’s chairHe said, “Right thereAnd everywhereMy teeth require repair.”

Question 9: What’s the rhyme scheme here? (a) a-c-b-c-c-b (b) a-a-b-b-b-b (c) a-b-c-a-b-c (d) a-b-b-c-b-b

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From Dahl’s The Dentist and the Crocodile.

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Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

Question 10: What’s the rhyme scheme here? (a) a-b-b-a (b) a-b-a-b (c) a-b-c-a (d) a-b-a-c

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From Donne’s Death Be Not Proud.

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The Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled:Her ear is heavy,She broods on the world."Who'll tell me my secret,The ages have kept?--I awaited the seerWhile they slumbered and slept:--

Question 11: What’s the rhyme scheme here?(a) a-b-a-b-c-b-c-b(b) a-b-a-b-c-d-e-d(c) a-b-c-d-e-e-d-c(d) a-b-c-b-c-d-e-d

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From Emerson’s The Sphinx.

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In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to manDown to a sunless sea.

Question 12: What’s the rhyme scheme here?(a) a-b-c-c-b(b) a-c-d-e-d(c) a-b-b-b-b(d) a-b-a-a-b

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From Coleridge’s Kubla Khan.

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Good.Pass your answer sheets backward.Back row, pass towards the window.

Mr. Bartlett’s English Class

Control Yourself.Cooperate with Me.Continue the March.

Good job today. Thanks for your cooperation and work.

I’ll see you tomorrow!

The boss called me into the office, he was really mad....

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15 minWrite the words in yellow above, then continue the story. Write 200 words.