AGENDA____________________________AGENDA____________________________Invent Your Own Poetry FormInvent Your Own Poetry Form

HOMEWORK________________________HOMEWORK________________________Create 1 more “Invent Your OwnCreate 1 more “Invent Your OwnPoetry” poems. Include the rulesPoetry” poems. Include the rulesyou created.you created.OPENER____________________________OPENER____________________________Complete this prompt in 1-2Complete this prompt in 1-2paragraphs:paragraphs:““If I were an animal or plant, I would be If I were an animal or plant, I would be

______________...”______________...”

DUE THURSDAYDUE THURSDAY-Poetry Chapbooks-Poetry Chapbooks-Memorized poem presentations (8-10 -Memorized poem presentations (8-10

lines), focused on good public lines), focused on good public speaking skillsspeaking skills

DUE WEDNESDAY, 5/28DUE WEDNESDAY, 5/28-Final Portfolio, 10 best writing -Final Portfolio, 10 best writing

samples of the year, NEATNESS samples of the year, NEATNESS COUNTSCOUNTS

DUE FRIDAY, 5/30DUE FRIDAY, 5/30-Final Reading Counts-Final Reading Counts

You’ve practiced and followed aYou’ve practiced and followed a

number of types of poetry. Now number of types of poetry. Now youyou

get to invent your own new forms get to invent your own new forms ofof

poetry.poetry.

Look at the following examples…Look at the following examples…

Rosette Rosette Rosettes have no rhyme scheme. They start with nine words Rosettes have no rhyme scheme. They start with nine words

and go down to one word then go up to nine again. The two and go down to one word then go up to nine again. The two nine-word lines are the same. The poem has seventeen lines in nine-word lines are the same. The poem has seventeen lines in all. It should look like two triangles connected when finished.all. It should look like two triangles connected when finished.

BLAMEBLAMEI guess there is someone to blame for everythingI guess there is someone to blame for everythingEverything that can sometimes go wrong in lifeEverything that can sometimes go wrong in life

Then you realize there's nobody to blameThen you realize there's nobody to blameNo one to blame for anythingNo one to blame for anything

Have you figured it out?Have you figured it out?Who is to blame?Who is to blame?There's no oneThere's no one

But yourselfBut yourselfYouYou

You're itYou're itYou're the oneYou're the one

You are to blameYou are to blameNo one can help youNo one can help you

Nobody can help what you didNobody can help what you didYou did everything on your ownYou did everything on your own

There is no one to blame but yourselfThere is no one to blame but yourselfI guess there is someone to blame for everything I guess there is someone to blame for everything

Penteverse Penteverse

An unrhymed poetry form with at least An unrhymed poetry form with at least five lines. The last word of one line is the five lines. The last word of one line is the first word of the next. The last word of the first word of the next. The last word of the last line is the first word of the first line.last line is the first word of the first line.

Ignorance brings prejudiceIgnorance brings prejudicePrejudice brings hatePrejudice brings hateHate brings warHate brings warWar brings segregationWar brings segregationSegregation brings ignorance Segregation brings ignorance

Yo Quito Yo Quito

This poem is made up of 5 lines that have a This poem is made up of 5 lines that have a rhyme scheme of aa. The first has any number rhyme scheme of aa. The first has any number of syllables, and then you add two more of syllables, and then you add two more syllables for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th lines. syllables for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th lines.

THE FIRST YO QUITOTHE FIRST YO QUITOThis is my Yo QuitoThis is my Yo QuitoIt isn't very bonitoIt isn't very bonitoIf it were a bill, it would be vetoedIf it were a bill, it would be vetoedI don't advise eating it like a burritoI don't advise eating it like a burritoBut instead put it on something using a magnito.But instead put it on something using a magnito.

DIRECTIONSDIRECTIONS

1.1. Determine what the rules of your Determine what the rules of your poem will be, then write it down.poem will be, then write it down.

2.2. Write your poem, according to the Write your poem, according to the rules you’ve set.rules you’ve set.

ACTIVE THINKING BY WRITING, NOTACTIVE THINKING BY WRITING, NOT

PASSIVE THINKINGPASSIVE THINKING