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Phonics Rules (<--click on me)

Explore Word Families (<--click on me)

Explore Blends, Digraphs & Trigraphs (<--click on me)

Games (<--click on me to play games)

Writing a great Story (<--click on me)

Common Abbreviations(<--click on me)

Common Contractions (<--click on me)

Homophones/Homonyms (<--Click on me)

Punctuation (<--click on me)

Similes (click on me)

Compound Words (click on me)

Basic Instruction Subject and Predicate

Pencil Grip

Practice - Manuscript Handwriting

Practice - Cursive Handwriting
Cursive Alphabet
Cursive Lower Case
Cursive Upper Case

practicing Cursive Handwriting

Making Cursive Words

Writing Process

6+1 Traits of writing

Brainstorm

Transition Words

Alternative words for said

Great Leads - "WOW"

Moving from a "1" Paper to a "4" Paper

Show Don't Tell - Power Point

Power of Paragraphing

Letter Writer
Letter Writing Paper

Animal Palooza

Fractured Fairy Tale Story

POETRY WRITER

Keep a Poem in Your Pocket
Keep a poem in your pocket
And a picture in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.

The little poem will sing to you
The little picture bring to you
A dozen dreams to dance to you
At night when you're in bed.

So-
Keep a poem in your pocket
And a picture in your head
And you'll never feel lonely
At night when you're in bed.
-Beatrice Schenk de Rogniers

Mother Goose Rhymes

Instant Poetry Forms

Animal Poetry

Brainstorm facts about a chosen animal. After all the facts are listed, the most
descriptive details are selected or modified and put into the poetry pattern.

     (Name of Animal)
     You ______________
     You ______________
     You ______________
     You ______________
     You ______________
     You are my favorite zoo animal because you
        __________.
     (Name of Animal)

Tiger!
     You have a roar like thunder.
     You are fuzzy, gold, and black.
     You roam around on padded feet.
     You scratch your back on a lonely tree.
     You are the biggest cat I have ever seen.
     You are my favorite zoo animal because you look
        so lovable.
Tiger!

Write an Instant I am an Animal Poem
Method:	Line 1 I am Line 2 as Line 3 I Line 4 I Line 5 I can Line 6 I can Line 7 I am (repeat from line 1)

I am a lion
Light brown as the grassy plains
I eat meat
I am sneaky
I can be the King of the Jungle
I can protect my cubs
I am a lion

-by J.C.
grade 4
Denbo School

Synonym Poem

Choose any word in the dictionary.

Write that word in capital letters on the first line.

In a thesaurus look up the word and find three to five synonyms for the word.

Write the synonyms on the second line.

One the third line, write a descriptive phrase about the word.

The last two lines of the poem should rhyme.

NOISE
Clamor, uproar, hullaballoo
These things can really annoy you.

RESPECT

courtesy, dignity, account and awe,

respect is made of these things and much, much more.

Acrostic Poem

An Acrostic Poem is a poem that uses a name or a word to begin each line in a poem.

Write your name horizontally down the left side of a blank sheet of paper.

Begin each line of the poem with each letter of your name and write about yourself.

After you are finished, decorate the page with your favorite things.

Candy

Charleston Chew
Almond Roca
Nestle's Crunch
Dots from Mason
Yummy

Autobiography Poem

Line 1:   Your first name                                  Geri
Line 2:   Four descriptive traits                        Honest, caring, curious, energetic
Line 3:   Sibling of...                                        Sister of Terri and TJ
Line 4:   Lover of (people, ideas)                    Laughter, learning, and challenges
Line 5:   Who feels...                                      Joy when with family
Line 6:   Who needs...                                    Sunshine every day
Line 7:   Who gives...                                     Friendship, encouragement, and smiles
Line 8:   Who fears...                                     War, disease, and world hunger
Line 9:   Who would like to see...                   Contentment for all living things
Line 10: Resident of (your city)                      Allen
Line 11: Your last name                                 Ashley

CINQUAIN POEM

Line 1: Write a noun.
Line 2: Write two adjectives describing the noun on Line 1;
Line 3: Write 3 words ending with -ing (action words) that describe what the noun on Line 1 might do;
Line 4: Write a phrase describing the noun on Line 1; and
Line 5: Write a synonym of the word on Line 1.

Example: "My Wonderful Valentine"

               Mother
           kind, helpful
    caring, loving, sharing
- a special person in my life
                friend

Concrete/Shape Poetry

CIRCLE, CIRCLE
Never ending.
Just like Mother's
Stack of mending.

RECTANGLE, RECTANGLE
Two short, two long.
Remember this rule
And you won't go wrong

SQUARE, SQUARE
Four that are even.
Three named Suzy
And one named Steven.

TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE
Has three sides.
In the corner
She always hides.

Triangle

I
am
a very
special
shape I have
three points and
three lines straight.
Look through my words
and you will see, the shape
that I am meant to be. I'm just
not words caught in a tangle. Look
close to see a small triangle. My angles
add to one hundred and eighty degrees, you
learn this at school with your abc's. Practice your
maths and you will see, some other fine examples of me.

OVAL, OVAL
A circle stretched out.
Making it longer
That's what it's about.

DIAMOND, DIAMOND
Two V's put together.
You can do it all day
In all kinds of weather.

5 W Poetry:

Line 1	Who?
Line 2	What?
Line 3	When?
Line 4	Where?
Line 5	Why?

Sarah
Walked the dogs,
Across the softball field,
After lunch,
Because all their legs wanted to move.

Couplet:

A pair of lines of poetry that are usually rhymed.
The last word of the first line and last line rhyme.

"I have the measles and the mumps,
a gash, a rash and purple bumps."

Limerick:

Lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme.

Lines 3 and 4 rhyme

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said 'It is just as I feared! -
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'

DIAMONTE

The Diamonte is fun and easy to write. The purpose is to go from the subject at the top of the diamond to another totally different (and sometimes opposite) subject at the bottom. The structure is:

line 1 - one noun (subject #1)
line 2 - two adjectives (describing subject #1)
line 3 - three participles (ending in -ing, telling about the subject #1)
line 4 - four nouns (first two related to the subject #1, second two related to subject #2)
line 5 - three participles (ending in -ing, telling about subject #2)
line 6 - two adjectives (describing subject #2)
line 7 - one noun (subject #2)

Cat and Dog

Cat
curious stuck-up
hissing scratching fighting
opinionated hunter companionable friend
barking tail-wagging fetching
loyal faithful
Dog

Color Poems: Choose a color and describe or compare things that have that color.

Red comes from Santa’s red cheeks
As red as a berry.
Red hides in a rainbow in the
Soft, swift sky in the summertime.
Red feels like love from your mother
Anytime you’re sick.
Red smells like a fresh scented
Rose that just bloomed in your garden.
Red works as a good luck color
in a Country with over 2 billion people,
Called China.
Red is a color of embarrassment.

I Used To...But Now...
Things the kids use to not enjoy doing, or eating, etc. But now they have learned to like it.
I used to hate reading.
But now I really love reading chapter books.
I used to run really fast.
But now I don't run that fast.
I used to hate my sister.
But now I love her a lot.
I used to love to play Lego's.
But now I love to go on the computer.
I used to hate school!
But now I LOVE school because I have a good teacher!

Subject Poetry:
This can be done on any subject you wish. All you do is make a list of what you learned.

Hawaii

Sandy beaches

Beautiful islands

Sugar cane, pineapples

Deepest blue water

Necklaces of orchids

Black sand

Kilauea volcano

Lush, green, bright flowers

Macadamia nuts,

Graceful dancers

Hula

Simile Poetry

Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

Hockey - Sam S.

Hockey is like reading
Y ou get into it and then you never
want to stop
Y ou feel like you're in a different world.
Hockey is like school
You have to do your work and
you have to practice or you will get an "F"
Hockey is like math
You get stronger and before you know it
You're getting an
"A"
Your scoring goals
Now that's
Hockey!

My Day - Unknown Author

When I wake up in the morning

I am like a grouchy grizzly bear

Growling and roaring at all those around

After a lengthy shower

I am like a butterfly landing on a fresh petal

I am sweet to everyone

When I arrive at school

I am like a tornado turned loose

I am all over looking for my friends

Right before lunch

I am like a calculator without batteries

I am unable to function

At the end of the school day

I am like a loaf of molded bread

I have been sitting around too long.

After a good supper and lots of phone calls

I am like a collector's Corvette

I am in good shape and I am ready to go.

Onomatopoeia Poems - When the words imitate the sound it represents.

Boat Watery Mess The Storm

Swoosh, swish Drip, drip, drip Boom, snap, crackle

paddling down a creek The faucet had a leak The thunder starts

splish, splash, whump slop, drop, plop Bang, bump, boom,.

a fish jumps on me It fell in a spot It's all fine

Slippery, sliding, slip Thud, thud, thud,

Puddle underneath the sink the rain begins to fall harder

Time to clean it up, Splash, sploosh, splash

What do you think? Strong men try to save the town.

HOW DO I GET STARTED WRITING A STORY

Bruce Hale’s How to Write a Story

The Young Writer's Club

Write an Instant I am an Animal Poem

Method:

Triangle

DIAMONTE

Cat and Dog