have as many lines as you wish!
CINQUAIN
The word cinquain is French for
a group of five." This poetry form
was invented not long ago by an
American woman! A cinquain has
five lines that describe something
or someone. Here is a cinquain
written by the woman who invent-
ed them, Adelaide Crapsey
(1 878-1914).
Directions for creating a cinquain:
"
Having Fun With Poetry
Erica Nedelman, 10;
:Lindsay Harbron, 11; and
Katie Rivard, 11
Special to theAppleTree
You get the idea! Can you make
it to "7"?
One of the poets is Erica
Nedelman, the daughter
of Laurie and Michael
Nedelman of West
Bloomfield. A sixth-grader
at Warner Middle School
in Farmington Hills, she is
a member of Temple Beth
El where she attends
Hebrew School and sings with
the junior choir. Erica goes to
Camp Tamarack in the sum-
mer, when she enjoys swim-
ming and water skiing. In the
winter, she likes to snow ski.
She has a younger sister,
Alana, and she is the grand-
daughter of Lawrence and
Anna Nedelman and Alvin
and Blanche Levine, all of
West Bloomfield.
ALLITERATION POEMS
Laurel in the Berkshires
This is probably the first
Sea-foam
VERY VERSE
kind of poem you learned
and coral! Oh, I'll
You might think that poetry is boring
I about when you were
climb the great pasture rocks
I and dry, but we are here to show you
young. For alliteration
and dream me mermaid in the sun's
!that there are lots of fun and crazy
poems, you pick your
gold flood.
things you can do with poetry!
favorite letter and repeat it
When you write poetry you can
I over and over. These poems
I have fun with your friends or you can
I are also known as tongue
1) Choose a title
I express your feelings all by yourself.
twisters!
2) The first line [of the poem]
We first learned about poetry
To write an alliteration poem:
only
has one word. This word can
I from our fourth-grade teacher, Mrs.
1) Pick a fun letter.
be the same as the title, or it can
Aprahamian. In her class we did
2) Think of LOTS of words that
describe
the title.
several adventurous poetry projects
include your letter.
3) This [second] line has two
I and had a lot of fun. But poetry
3) Be creative and make them
words
that physically describe the
isn't just.for school! There are hun-
funny!
title.
I dreds of poetry forms, but we have
Using alliteration is fun and
4) The next line has three words
I chosen a few of our favorites to
1 challenging. All it takes is some
that express action.
I share with girls everywhere.
thought. Go ahead and try! Here
5) The next line has four words
is ours:
that express feeling.
I ALPHABET POEMS
6) The last line has one last
Directions for writing an alphabet
and elephant.
descriptive word.
poem:
Tapping Toes by Katie Rivard
Directions for writing a rhyme
'I) Chose a topic and a title (you
Ten teen-age tap dancers
poem:
RHYME POEMS
can write about anything!).
tapped tiny toes
1) Chose a topic.
Rhyme is one of the most popular
2) Make a list of words about
to a timely tune.
2) Brainstorm for words that
I kinds of poetry. Poems that rhyme
your topic. Write down every crazy
rhyme.
are fun to sing and read out loud.
I word you can think of.
3) Write a poem using this pat-
CUT-AND-PASTE POETRY
I You can write them by following*
3) Write the letters of the alpha-
tern:
the first and second lines
This is one of our personal
I many different patterns. Did you
: bet vertically down the left side of
rhyme together; the third and fourth
favorites! It is easy to do and is
I know that all languages have
your paper.
lines rhyme together.
really fun to try with friends.
rhyming 'words?
I 4) Create a poem using the
4) Make up your own rhyme pat-
To create a cut-and-paste poem:
A few English words that have no
I words on your list to match the let-
.
terns!
1) Gather magazines, scissors,
rhyme are: orange, sugar, radio
! ters of the alphabet. .
glue and a piece of paper.
'• Here's the beginning of our alpha-
FREE VERSE
2) Cut out words or phrases from
: bet poem:
Free verse is a type of poetry
the magazine.
Teddy Bear by Erica Nedelman
where
the author creates the pat-
3) Arrange the
Michigan is Great by Erica Nedelman
A cute little bear
tern. We like to use this form a lot
phrases so they go
Apple picking and apple cider in the Fall
with brown, furry hair
because then you don't have to fol-
together and glue
Biking around Mackinac Island
He sleeps in your bed
low any rules — you just make up
them on a piece
Crossing the bridge to the Upper Peninsula
and lays on your head.
your
own!
of paper. You can
Dairy Queen ice cream and lunch in the summer
Elmira — home of the potato burger!
11 /13
1998
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