Poetry Portfolio

Last Poetry Assignment

Create a Poetry Portfolio


Use the booklet given in class to help you create 2 poems (each with their own particular form).

Add the three poems done in class (metaphor, alliteration and personification) to create a poetry portfolio containing 5 poems in total.

You will be marked on: presentation, grammar and spelling, as well as creativity (use of figures of speech, form and vocabulary).

This will be due on April Fools (the first of April)!

Good luck and have fun!

Your "I Have a Dream" Speech

Now it's your turn to write a speech.


step 1: Pick a problem that affects a group of people. Perhaps it's a problem which also affects you or the people in your life. (For example: smoking.)


step 2: Fill in the template for a speech given to you.


step 3: Write it out in paragraph form using figurative language like: similes, metaphors, repetition, alliteration, etc.


EX.:


                                        
                                I Have a Dream


       The problem with cigarettes is that they are slowly killing our nation. We can never be satisfied as long as first and second hand smoke continues to kill the people we care about. We cannot be satisfied as long as we see the smoke as thick as molasses fill their lungs. We will not be satisfied as long as our family and friends continue to hurt themselves and the people around them.
        I have a dream that people everywhere who are offered a cancer stick will respond "No!" I have a dream that all cancer-causing, tar-filled cigarettes will be thrown into oblivion. I have a dream that one day the world will be cigarette-free.
        When my dream takes shape in reality, I shall praise God, for he is good, and I shall say to the world, "Thank you! It was too late for my grandmother, but it may not be too late for yours."


written by
Rikki-Katrina Brophy Wiltshire

Alliteraion

Alliteration is when the sound at the beginning of a word is repeated at least once.

Write a Valentine's Day poem using alliteration.

 

Boys on Valentine's Day

Boys don't like,

Bows and

Bouquets.
But on Valentine's Day,
Bouquets and

Bows,

are bought by

boys.

Personification Poem

Inanimate Objects                                  Human Actions (verbs)

trees    wind    sky                               dance     laugh     sigh
engine    waves   clouds                      sing       groan     whistle
boat     breeze    sunlight                      cry         shout     wink
chair     motor     door                          laugh     play       stare     
pencil   curtains     book                      punch    slap      wrestle
water      fire        mirror                       run      swim        die  
dress     pants       sand                        cough     call        mock
shirt      shoes      glove                        fight       argue        eat
fork     spoon       dish                          listen        ask          speak
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1) Pick 4 pairs of words that can be connected to each other.
    (You can add words that are not on the list.)
ex:
   Palm trees  --)  danced
   Sunlight     --)  winked
   Breeze       --)   played
   Waves       --)   chased

2) Use them to create a descriptive poem. (Your title will bring it all together.)

     The sunlight winked at me,
     while the waves chased each other down the shore.
     The palm trees danced,
     as the breeze played on.

What title would work for this poem?

Personification

What is being personified in this poem?

Someone Lost their Heart on the Bus
 
I came, I sat,
I looked around.
I thought, I puzzled,
At what I found.
A heart, alone,
It looked at me,
It screamed, it cried,
From under the seat.
I sat, I stared,
I wondered why,
This heart was here.
Who was to cry,
At what they lost,
At what I found,
When I came, I sat,
And looked around?
 
by: Rikki-Katrina Brophy Wiltshire

vocabulary 5

1) audience                           7) majority                              13) independence
2) regularly                           8) permanent                           14) consequence
3) energy                               9) residence                            15) daughter
4) sympathy                         10) confidence
5) humour                             11) positive
6) minor                                12) negative

Test Friday, Feb. 14th.

Persuasive 5-Paragraph Essay outline

Rough copy due Tuesday, January 14th.

Good copy due Thursday, January 16th.

 

 

“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.”

-Edward R. Murrow

 

You must write a persuasive essay on your specific topic.

It should be about 400 words long. (About 80 words per paragraph.)

Your essay must have 5 paragraphs: introduction, 3 body paragraphs and the conclusion.

 

 

INTRODUCTION must include 1) a quote or hook that captures the tone of your essay, 2) a clearly stated THESIS STATEMENT (exactly what your essay will prove), and 3) three main supporting arguments.

 

"Facebook says, 'Privacy is theft,' because they're selling your lack of privacy to the advertisers who might show up one day."

-Jaron Lanier

 

Example of bad THESIS STATEMENT:

"Facebook is bad."

Example of good THESIS STATEMENT:

"Facebook users put themselves at great risk online because of lack of privacy."

 

BODY 3 paragraphs

 

  Each paragraph must have a supporting point/idea that explains why your thesis statement is right. Each paragraph must have at least one fact or piece of evidence as well as an example or explanation. YOU MUST USE TRANSITION WORDS.

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

   Restate your thesis statement, summarize your 3 supporting ideas and leave the reader with a powerful statement that convinces them you are right. For example, end with a call to action. "Only you can make a difference!"

Leave off with a BANG!

 

Refer to outline, sample essay and list of transition words for further help.