Poetry Styles

Alphabet: 1. Choose a wide topic, like food or sports, that has a lot of words associated with it. 2. Write a word that starts with each letter of the alphabet in alphabetical order. 3. Keep to the topic.

Example:                              

Cars by Mrs Lloyd Thomas

Acura, Bugatti, Chrysler, Dodge

Edsel, Ford, Golf, Honda

Isetta, Jeep, Kia, Lamborghini

Maserati, Neon, Opel, Porsche

Quest, Rambler, Studebaker

Toyota, Uno, Volkeswagen

Wolesley, Xebra, Yukon

Zephyr

Diamante: Line 1: Topic (noun) Line 2: Use two words to describe the noun (adjectives)
3. Use three action words (verbs ending in ing) Line 4. Use a four word phase capturing a feeling about the topic. Line 5: Use three action words Line 6: Use Two describing words (adjectives)
Line 7: Use a synonym of your topic for an ending word.

Education by Mrs Lloyd Thomas

Education

important, interesting

thinking, creating, reading

Learning about awesome ideas

wondering, writing, building

helpful, enriching

school

Hexaduad: 

• 12 lines made up of 6 rhyming couplets
• the lines of each couplet must have the same number of syllables

That's My Hair by G. B. Lipson

My hair is high and curly

It's wavy and it's swirly

I wash it and I squeeze it

I mousse it and I tease it

It's long and short and fluffy-poo

It's thick and rich and bleached so true

If I have a bad hair day

I glue it stiff with clouds of spray

It takes a lot of loving care

To tease and train humongous hair!

Brains and soul may tell a story

But gorgeous hair is a crowning glory! 

Acrostic:

• Write the word vertically
• Write a short phrase starting with each letter of the word
• Does not need to rhyme or have lines of equal syllables

Patterns by Mrs Lloyd Thomas

Placing shapes down

Adding makes an increasing pattern

Tables organize your work

Try to solve it

Explain your answer

Remember to write the rule

Never give up on the answer

Definition: 

• start with the question (Who are, What is)
• 10 phrases that define the topic
• does not have to rhyme

Relatives by Room 13

What are relatives?

           family that love and care for you

           can be obnoxious and annoying

           fight with you over the holidays

           embarrass you in front of your friends

           pinch your cheeks and hug you too tight

           love you a lot deep inside

           call you snuggums, poochyface, guppy or Mr. Pants

           sometimes live far away

           make you laugh

           are one part of your life you should keep by your side

Those are relatives.