Welcome+To+LePoidevin+Legends+Poetry+Corner

**Invitation ** If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher,a liar, a hope-er,a pray-er, a magic bean buyer... If you are a pretender, come sit by my fire for we have some flax-golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in! from //Where The Sidewalk Ends //..Shel Silverstein (My favorite poet! )

Today you are starting your poetry unit. It wil be your farewell to 6th grade and yet you will be able to comeback and drop off your writing or thoughts to each other at anytime in the future.

You will learn about three new types of poetry; a limmericks, haiku and Natalie's favorite..free verse.

**//Your Mission //**
 * Determine if your goal is to receive an A or B on project ( see Grading and Student Checklist)
 * As a class you will write together at least 3 poems
 * Individually you will write 3 Haiku,3 Limericks, 3 Free Verse poem
 * Create your own Wiki Poetry Page
 * You will publish your best Haiku, Limerick, and Free Verse on your personalized Wiki page.
 * Then choose a Web 2.0 application to visually and orally share your poem with the class.
 * Choices will be VoiceThread, Photobox, Animoto

**Day 1 **
 * //Introduction to Haiku using Smart Board. //**

"Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry consisting of 3 lines. A Haiku is created by counting syllables. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. Syllables are made of a single vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants.

For example, a Haiku has two syllables: Hai-Ku where as the word "introduction" has four syllables. in-tro-duc-tion. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The lines rarely rhyme. A sample Haiku can help you remember the pattern. I am first with five Then seven in the middle -- Five again to end

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 172.8%;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Day 2 **
 * //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduce the application Voice Thread //**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Day 3 ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">A limerick is a silly poem with five lines. Often times they are funny or nonsensical. Edward Lear,a famous author,made Limericks famous when he wrote the "Book of Nonsense" in the 1800's;it was entire book of limericks!
 * //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduction to Limericks using the Smart Board //**

The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 144%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">or 9). The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6). The pattern is : 8,8,5,5,8 syllables
 * //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">How to write a limerick //** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%; line-height: 115%;">:


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Day 4 **
 * //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduce Photo Story and Animoto //** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 120%;">


 * //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Day 5 //** <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">
 * //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduce Free Verse //**