Lesson Activity: A Poem About a Place

For today's in-class task, we will be creating a poem about a place. Here are the steps you need to get started:

Step 1. Think of a place. This place can be any place at all. It can be a supermarket, a country, a landscape, a room etc. 

Step 2. You will need to pick ONE of the following subgenres of poetry:

  • Tercet (Three lined poem, rhymes.)
  • Cinquain (Five lined poem, does not rhyme.)
  • Diamante (Seven lined poem, has the following format:

    Line 1 – Your topic (noun)

    Line 2 – Two adjectives about

    Line 3 – Three “ing” words about

    Line 4 – Four nouns or short phrase linking topic (or topics)

    Line 5 – Three “ing” words about

    Line 5 – Two adjectives about

    Line 7 – Your ending topic (noun).)

  • Haiku (Three lined poem, does not rhyme. The first line has 3 syllables, the second line has 5 syllables, the third line has 3 syllables.)

  • Free Verse (Does not follow a direct rhyming style or pattern, can be any number of line or stanzas.)

  • Acrostic (Any number of lines.  The first letter of each line, read down the page, spells the subject of the poem.)

Step 3. Name the poem subgenre type in your forum post. 

PLEASE REFER TO THE POWERPOINT FOR EXAMPLES.

Have fun!

Separate groups: All participants
(There are no discussion topics yet in this forum)