Poetry Porfolio Project - all the LessonUps in one

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Goals

After this class you can:

• Name different kinds of poems
• Name some characteristics (kenmerken)
  
• Know how to write different kinds of poems
• I can read and interpret a poem
  

Poetry Porfolio Schedule

Write a rhyming poem - 15 January

Write a Limerick - 21 January

Write a Haiku - 28 January

Write an Acrostic Poem - 04 February

Write a Fairy Poem - 25 February

Portfolio Deadline: 04 March

(Hand in all the poems together in a folder at the start of class)

The final grade counts twice towards your final grade

What is a poem?

“a piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by attention to rhythm, and imagery (and sometimes rhyme)”

Assignment

Change "Now We Are Six"

Write your own version from six onwards. 

Start with:

"When I was six....." and end it at the age you are now

Use www.rhymezone.com to look for rhyming words

Now We Are Six
 When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.

(But now I am Six,
I'm as clever as clever,
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.)


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More examples

https://www.rd.com/article/limerick-examples/

Haiku

What is a Haiku?

How to make a Haiku

Creative assignment

• Write your own Haiku
• You will be allowed to read your Haiku out loud if you'd like
• If you write a Haiku: make sure it has this structure: 5-7-5
  
• Haikus usually have a somewhat deep and philosophical message
• You can also try and make a silly one like the Netflix Haiku
  

Haiku

A

C

R

O

S

T

I

C

Creative assignment

• Write your own Acrostic Poem
  
• You will be allowed to read your Acrostic poem out loud if you'd like

Fairy Poem (Elfje) Rules

Short poem

• 11 words

• 5 lines

Fairy Poem (Elfje) Rules

Line 1: One word. This word is the theme. The word symbolizes the atmosphere of the poem.

Line 2: Two words. These are something or someone that has to do with theme of the poem

Line 3: Three words. Giving more information about the person or the object. You describe where the person or the object is, who the person or what the object is, or what the person or object is doing. This sentence usually starts with the word ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it.’

Line 4: Four words. Here you are writing something about yourself in relation to the person or the object. This sentence is your conclusion.

Line 5: One word. This word is called the ‘Bomb.’ It is the essence of the poem.

Fairy poem (Elfje)

You

Your smile

Your long hair

Your pretty green eyes

You

1 word

2 words

3 words

4 words

1 word

Fairy poem (Elfje)

Yellow
the eyes
in the dark
Is there a cat?
Miauw.

Fairy poem (Elfje) Acrostic

Elegant
Little verse
Following simple rules
Just eleven words long
Elfje.

Creative assignment

• Write your own Fairy Poem
• You will be allowed to read your Fairy poem out loud if you'd like