Table of Contents

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How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Standards for Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Poetry Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Generating Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Fast-Writes—Poet Tree Bulletin Board—IdeaCenterSkill Building: Using Rhyme . . . . . . . . . . . .12Hinky-Pinky Rhymes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Content Connection for Hinky-Pinky Rhymes—Hinky-Pinky Response and Assessment SheetSkill Building: Using Rhythm . . . . . . . . . . .18Limerick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Student Samples of Limericks—Storytelling withLimericks—Content Connections for Limericks—Limerick Response and Assessment SheetSkill Building: Using Alliteration . . . . . . . .27Tongue Twister Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Student Samples of Tongue Twister Poems—Amazing Animal Actions—Animal TongueTwister Poem—Content Connections for TongueTwister Poems—Tongue Twister Poem Responseand Assessment SheetSkill Building: Counting Syllables . . . . . . .36Haiku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Student Samples of Haiku—Content Connectionsfor Haiku—Haiku Response and Assessment SheetLowku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44Student Samples of Lowku—Content Connectionsfor Lowku—Lowku Response and AssessmentSheetDiamante . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Student Samples of Diamantes—DiamanteDiamonds—Absolutely Opposites—DiamondDesign—Content Connections for Diamantes—Diamante Response and Assessment SheetCinquain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Cinquain on the Brain—Content Connections forCinquains—Cinquain Response and AssessmentSheetFive Senses Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63My Favorite Holiday—Holiday Sensations—Content Connections for Five Senses Poems—Five Senses Poem Response and AssessmentSheetSkill Building: Using Similes . . . . . . . . . . . .70Color Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72Student Samples of Color Poems—SensationalColors—Color Poem—Content Connections forColor Poems—Color Poem Response and

Assessment SheetSkill Building: Using Metaphors . . . . . . . . .79Definition Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Student Samples of Definition Poems—DefinitionPoem Web—Content Connections for DefinitionPoems—Definition Poem Response andAssessment SheetSkill Building: Onomatopoeia . . . . . . . . . . .87Event Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89Student Samples of Event Poems—Sequence ofEvents—Content Connections for Event Poems—Event Poem Response and Assessment SheetSkill Building: Using Line Breaks and WhiteSpace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95Snapshot Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98Student Samples of Snapshot Poems—ContentConnections for Snapshot Poems—SnapshotPoem Response and Assessment SheetConcrete Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104Student Samples of Concrete Poems—ContentConnections for Concrete Poems—ConcretePoem Response and Assessment SheetState Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108State Statements—State Poem—ContentConnections for Poems Similar to State Poems—State Poem Response and Assessment SheetAlphabet Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115Student Samples of Alphabet Poems—AlphabetSquares—Alphabet Poem Brainstorming—Alphabet Poem Draft—Content Connections forAlphabet Poems—Alphabet Poem Response andAssessment SheetPhone Number Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124Phone Pattern—Content Connections for PoemsSimilar to Phone Poems—Phone Number PoemResponse and Assessment SheetTwo-Word Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129Student Samples of Two-Word Poem—Here’sLooking at You!—Photo Frame—ContentConnections for Two-Word Poems—Two-WordPoem Response and Assessment SheetAcrostic Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136Content Connections for Acrostic Poems—Acrostic Poem Response and Assessment SheetCreating a Poetry Collection . . . . . . . . . . .141Table of Contents—Poetry Collections Self-Evaluation Sheet—Poetry Collection Peer-Evaluation Sheet

© Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 33 #2992 Poetry Writing—Grades 3–5

Animal Tongue Twister Poem

Something happened at the zoo today!

The animals got free and ran away!

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I never heard of such commotion!

I hope the zookeeper has a magic potion

To get all the animals where they belong

Without anymore mishaps or things going wrong!

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Five Senses Poem (cont.)

Revising/Editing

1. When the poem is drafted, students should share their five senses poem with peer responders.Provide the Five Senses Poem Response and Assessment Sheet for this purpose.

Peer responders should check to ensure that each line describes one of the five senses, that eachline begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, and that each line relates to the chosentopic.

2. Following peer response, students should make any necessary revisions before writing a finalcopy of the poem.

Publishing

1. Have students create a greeting card to celebrate their favorite holiday. Distribute a sheet ofconstruction paper to each student. Have them fold the paper in half. On the outside of the card,students could attach their drawing from the My Favorite Holiday worksheet. On the inside of thecard, students could write the final copy of their five senses poem, using the Holiday Sensationsworksheet for structure.

2. Completed cards make a clever bulletin board or wall display!

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I see a table decorated with gourds, leaves, and tall ivory candles.

I hear family laughing, having a good time.

I smell the mixed aromas of turkey, stuffing, and gravy.

I taste the smooth, creamy pumpkin pie.

I feel the fully satisfied sensation of another great meal.

Thanksgiving

Student Sample of Five Senses Poem