Colorful Spring!

A Collaborative Internet Literacy Project Spring 2005


Project Resources

 

 

 

Poetry Formats
 



Acrostic Format

Spring Flowers

Slow to awaken
Pushing through the soil
Rain soaked petals
Indigo and white
New crocuses
Greet our smiling faces!
 

Spring Flowers

See
Pink
Roses
In
New
G
ardens

This is one of the easiest poetry formats to use with young writers.  It's also versatile enough for older or  more experienced students.


 4-line Poems

 

Title

Spring in
 Spring Lake

Line 1: a color describing word Yellow
Line 2 :   a noun Daffodils
Line 3: a verb Bloom
Line 4: Fall is .... describing word Spring is pretty!

5 Ws Poem


The 5W poem is perfect for beginners! Each line answers a question.

Line 1: Who Children
Line 2: What Smelling yellow daisies
Line 3: When After school
Line 4: Where In the park
Line 5: Why Spring is here!


Character Poem

Here's an easy  way to write a poem about a famous person or thing in your town:

Line 1:  Name of character
Line 2: Describing words
Line 3: Who loves
Line 4: Who feels ... about ...
Line 5: Who needs
Line 6: Who shares
Line 7: Who fears
Line 8: Who'd like to see
Line 9: Who dreams of
Line 10: Who ends up (emotion or situation at end of book)

All or just a few of these lines can be used for your poem.


A little rabbit
In her coat of brown and white fur
Quietly munches grass
to fill her hungry belly
And feels happy that it's spring!

 


More Poetry Formats

A haiku has three lines

Lines 1 and 3 have five syllables.

Line 2 has seven syllables.

Baseball Field

See the baseball field
with white lines waiting
for the game to start!

 


A cinquain has five lines.

Line 1 is one word (the title);

Line 2 is two words that describe the title.

Line 3 is three words that tell action

Line 4 is four words that express feeling

Line 5 is one word that recalls the title

Baby chicks
Fluffy yellow
Moving, pecking, cheeping,
Let's laugh as they tumble
Baby chicks


5 Senses or Sensory Poem

Spring

In spring I
see green leaves.
In spring I
hear blue jays calling.
In spring I
feel warm again.
In spring I
taste pink lemonade.
In spring I
smell cherry blossoms.

 

A quatrain has four lines.

Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme.

Lines 1 and 3 may or may not rhyme.

Rhyming lines should have about the same
number of syllables.


A limerick has five lines.

Lines 1, 2, and 5 have seven to ten syllables
and rhyme with one another.

Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables
and also rhyme with each other.


A couplet has rhyming stanzas of two lines each.


Additional Poetry Resources

Fall Is Here!  We Love It!

Sensational Fall Poems

Poetry Workshop - article by Denise Johnson

Writing Kids Poems by Regie Routman

RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus

 


 

 

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* Write a poem in a different format.

* Identify and share special events taking place in your community during the spring.

* Take a nature walk and list all the signs of spring you see.

* Find the latitude and longitude of participating classes at this site: How far Is It? Use this information to explain why spring looks the same or different in your region.  Check out the other links when you get there.

* Make a spring web.  What activities, holidays, clothing, and other changes do you associate with spring? Individual students or small groups can create webs to show their ideas.

* Interview your town historian about a spring in past years. Make a Venn diagram showing past and present.

* Compare/contrast spring in different types of towns - urban/suburban/rural. Use towns from participating classes.

* Graph your classmates favorite sports, colors, food, activities for spring.

* Draw a town map showing places of interest in the spring.

* Create a spring postcard about your town.

* Write a spring song and sing to a familiar tune.

* Using a USA map (or Canadian map) show the location of towns from other participating classes.

* Write an email response to other classes about their projects.

* Create a spring slide show for visitors.
 

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© 2005 - Marci McGowan - Colorful Spring!