“Poetry Slam” Project

Your task is to use Mrs. Warner’s poetry page to choose a style of poetry and a topic for your own poem.  You have plenty of choices of poetry types:

• A series of couplets (at least seven)
• Cinquains (at least two)
• Diamante
• Free Verse
• Limerick (at least three)
• Shape Poems (15 words minimum)
• Haiku (at least four)
• Color Poem
• Bio Poems (Mr. Moss must approve these in advance.)

Remember the requirements for your poem:

• It must be FUNNY!
  • It has to be appropriate for school.
  • NO POTTY HUMOR!
• If I am asking you to include more than one part to your larger poem (couplets, cinquains, limericks, and haikus) the different parts must be related to one another so they make a set.

By FRIDAY, JUNE 13, complete this form to tell me what kind of poem you’re going to write and what topic your poem will focus on.

All next week, work on writing and revising your poem.  Be sure to share it with people at home so you can make it the best poem you’ve ever written!

On FRIDAY, JUNE 20th, we will have our Poetry Slam and you’ll be able to share your poem with the class.  Props, costumes, artwork, or other additions are definitely welcome! 🙂

Posted in Class Updates, Homework Assignments|By Jon Moss