Activity 4: Free Verse or Structured Verse? (GLEs: 03c, 09g, 30, 40b)
CC: Students will use a Venn diagram/T-chart/Y-chart to compare and contrast the rhythm characteristics of a free-verse poem with a structured verse (e.g., meter) poem.
Use MS Word to compare/contrast the rhythm of a free-verse poem with a structured verse poem. Word template - "Free Verse - Structured Verse"
Poetry The Academy of American Poets Poetry for Upper Elementary http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poemiddle.htm
Song Lyrics Access Middle School: Free Song Lyrics http://www.middleschool.net/ToDo/Lyrics.htm Elementary Education Resources: Music http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/eledMusic.html#lyrics
Students will create or respond to Hinky-Pinkies Hinky-Pinky http://www.teachersdesk.org/vocabhink.html Mrs. Leahy's Class - Hinky-Pinkies http://www.beavton.k12.or.us/jacob_wismer/leahy/2001/hinkypinky/hinkypinky.htm How to Write a Limerick http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html An Online Rhyming Dictionary for Poetry and Songwriting Poetry.com rhyming dictionary and thesaurus Edward Lear http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/BoN/bon010.html Patterns in Mathematics http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/limerick/limerick_acttxt.html Limerick Machine http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/year4/limerick.htm OWL at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_soundmeter.html OLW at Purdue: Pattern and Variation http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_patvar.html Figurative Language http://www.kidskonnect.com/FigurativeLanguage/FigurativeLanguageHome.html A website which is useful when referring to poetic devices
Poetic
Devices The Poetry Page http://www.cqsb.qc.ca/svs/434/tpoetry.htm
Students will use a Venn diagram/T-chart/Y-chart to compare and contrast the rhythm characteristics of a free-verse poem with a structured verse
Idea Bank-Microsoft Word-Venn diagram http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/idea_bank/MSWord/venn.html Idea Bank-Inspiration-Making Comparisons http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/idea_bank/Inspiration/comparisons.html Venn diagram http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/venn_diagrams/ Graphic Organizers http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/ Idea Bank - Inspiration - Making Comparisons http://www.mcschools.net/mcs/idea_bank/Inspiration/comparisons.html Lesson Plan on Rhyme http://www.dowlingcentral.com/MrsD/area/literature/Terms/Rhyme.html Poetry Project http://www.twinfield.net/teachers/fowler/classroom/resources/poetry_project/
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