Poetry Portfolio
Due Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Cover page must include: Student name, Teacher name, Poetry Portfolio, Date, and Class
Poetry Page Format: Title, Student Name, Poem. Please put more than one poem on a page, if possible.
This project is worth a minimum of 300 points, based on the following:
Poem Forms - Underlined Poems are mandatory, others are optional
1. ABC: a poem in which every line begins with a new letter of the alphabet
2. Acrostic: a poem formed using the letters of a name or word to begin each line in the poem
3. Alliteration/Assonance: Poem using the repetition of a consonant or vowel sound.
3. Bio: a poem that is created by answering a series of personal questions
4. Ballad: a narrative text that is set to music. It usually takes the form of a verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge (v.c.v.c.b), or verse, verse, chorus, verse, verse (v.v.c.v.v.) Usually the 2nd and 4th lines rhyme.
5. Cinquain: a 5-lined, unrhymed poem. It begins with a subject, followed by 2 descriptive words, 3 action words, a phrase or sentence describing the subject, and a word that means the same (synonym) as the subject.
6. Couplet: A 2-line verse form that usually rhymes and expresses one thought. Triplet: a 3-line verse form that usually rhymes and expresses one thought.
7. Quatrain: a 4-line verse stanza in which the first 2 lines rhyme and the 2nd set of lines rhyme
8. Concrete/Shape: The describing words that make up a concrete poem form the shape of the object
9. Color: think about colors, while imagining what they taste, feel, smell, sound, and look like
10. Diamante: a 7-lined poem. Its lines do not rhyme. It begins with a subject followed by a pattern of 7 words that describe the subject. The last 7 words describe the opposite of the subject. The final line is the opposite word.
11. Definition: This is poetry that defines a word or an idea creatively.
12. Five Senses: Think of an emotion or an abstract idea and then describe it using your five senses. Examples of emotions or ides you might want to write about are: love, peace, happiness, beauty, boredom, envy, anger, hate, fear, etc.
13. Five W’s Poetry: each line in this type of poem answers one of the 5 W’s (Who? What? When? Where? Why?)
14. Free Verse: a form of poetry, which does not include patterned rhyme or meter. The lines are divided according to natural patterns of speech.
15. Found/Parallel: a new poem created from paraphrasing an excerpt of text from a novel or a ballad.
16. Haiku: type of Japanese poetry about nature. It is 3 lines long. The first line is 5 syllables, the second, seven, and the third, five.
17. I Wish: an 8-10 lined poem in which each line begins with “I Wish”
18: If/What if: a 5-10 sentence poem in which each line asks a rhetorical question with “if” or “what if” and answers itself
19. I’m Sorry: a 6-10 sentence poem in which every line begins with “I’m Sorry”. It can be either very apologetic or humorous.
20. Limerick: a funny verse in 5 lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and have 3 stressed syllables. Lines 3 and 4 rhyme and only have 2 stressed syllables. (AABBA)
21. Metaphor: a type of poem that uses implied metaphors to make comparisons, i.e. shows how two things are similar without actually stating that they are the same. They can be between 5-10 lines long.
22. Simile: a type of poem that uses similes to make comparisons. They can be between 5-10 lines long.
Reflection Questions:
1. What did you learn about yourself during the writing process?
2. If you had to change anything about this project, what would you change and why?