All About Poetry
What is Poetry
Introduction to Poetry
Types or Forms of Poetry
Elements of a Poem
Parts of a Poem
Poetic Sound Devices
Come up with a few of your own sound words... be sure to illustrate too!
As part of our unit on Poetry we will also be exploring the science of sound... enjoy
All About Sound
After read these two poems, what is the theme or main idea?
Do you find the illustrations helpful in understanding what the poem is about? Would you have been able to tell what the poem was about if it did not include a title?
Making a Choice - a poem for kids
Using everything you have learned above, tell me about this poem (i.e. type, elements, theme) ...
Using your knowledge of the multiplication table (e.g. 3 X 6) , calculate how many poets are in this longlist... try not to count them :) .
Is this an even or an odd number?
Round this number to the nearest 10, 100, 1 000?
Write this number as a dollar amount, and as a decimal.
 And (drum roll please)... the winner for 2019 was Alycia Pirmohamed from Calgary
Poetry is a place for me to find, if not answers, at least more questions that respond to questions that I have about who I am.- Alycia Pirmohamed
Write your own poem
Poem of the Week
Select a poem from the following website and read it to yourself and also to a family member...
Ask the person you read to what they thought about the poem and ask them for feedback on your reading skills.
For fun try reading some of the different Dr. Seuss books...