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The project we sponsored for the Spring
2000 edition of Mindworks asked students to write a poem
about a topic that involves some form of personal
expression. We wanted students to stretch their thinking and
imagination. Students were asked to choose one of the
following forms and write a short poem.
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1. Initial
Poetry:
Use your own initials for writing some free
verse. The initials of a students name are arranged
so that each initial of the student's name begins
each line of the poem.
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4. Free
Verse
Students can create a free flowing poem that
does not have a rhyming pattern or set
structure.
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2. Name
Acrostic Poem:
In a name acrostic poem, attention is given to
the physical arrangement of the lines of the poem.
The verse is usually unrhymed. The letters of a
students name are written vertically and are used
to stimulate creative thinking. Each letter of the
student's name begins each line of the poem.
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5.
Haiku
The haiku is a three-line, seventeen syllable,
unrhymed poem which uses nature as its primary
focus.
The pattern is generally:
5 syllables in the first line,
7 syllables in the second line, and
5 syllables in the third line
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3. Rhyming
Poetry
Students can create a poem with a rhyming
pattern. Any of the following forms are
acceptable:
couplet (2 lines),
triplet (3 lines),
quatrain (4 lines)
and even limerick.
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6.
Cinquain
The cinquain was influenced by the haiku.
The pattern that is most often is:
first line, one word giving the title;
second line, two words describing the title;
three words expressing an action;
four words expressing a feeling;
fifth line, another word for the title.
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Participating
Schools:
Fairview Elementary, Hoffman Estates, Il,
USA
G.S.Titov's Grammar School Number 20, Chimkent,
Kazakhstan
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Anaheim, CA,
USA
Sacred Heart SNS, Dublin, Rep. of Ireland
Randall Elementary School, Madison, WI, USA
Franklin Township School, Quakertown, NJ,
USA
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