Poetry

I Wish…

I wish

my black and white

cat

at home in

Cary

could be with

me

in Boone.

 

So Much Depends Upon…

So much depends upon

my sleek and shiny iPod touch

the music inside is

a gateway to my soul

the smooth touch screen surface

is a snapshot of emotion all

with one gentle touch. 

A look at the past and present

in one small object.

 

 

 

 

From Dr. Frye’s Poetry Page – Resources

I Poetry-Persona Poetry

• Persona Poems, Mask Poems, or I Poems are written in the first person where the poet assumes the identity of the poem’s subject.

• Kucan (2006) suggests inviting students to write “I” poems as a means of deepening their literary understandings of a particular character, setting, or plot from children’s novels.

• In addition, persona poems (I POEMS) provide the perfect innovation for informational poetry writing.

• After researching a self-selected topic or one with a curriculum-related focus, students are invited to write about the topic, include specific content (factual information), and develop a sense of wonder or curiosity about the topic through the use of poetic language and literary devices.

• ipoem (Instructions with Literary Models)

• IamPoem_Blank_4 (Student Copy with lines)

• I_Am_GraphicOrg (Graphic Organizer)

• instructionalframework_09

Literary Models/Assignment

Not-So-Jolly Roger Page

• How to Write an I am Poem
• I am Poem Template 1 (pdf)
• Online I am Poem Generator
  • I Poetry from our environment!
  • Examples of I Poems written by MA Reading Students (Teachers!)
    • Thurgood Marshall by Brooke L.
    • Elephant Mother by Lori H.
    • Dinosaur Project by Emily R.
    • Middle Ages  by Kate B.
    • Jesse Owens by Melinda K.
    • Blackbeard by Kelley W.’s 4th Grade Class
    • I am a Frog by Katie B.’s 2nd Grade Class and Saguaro Cactus
  • 5th Grade Project…Social Justice!  This is the project I worked on last semester. These 5th graders wrote I POEMS, We ARE Poems and then we created iMovies and loaded them to Teacher Tube.
  • http://sj2009.wordpress.com/