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Poetry At A Glance
Amy MengarelliThe Waymire Group
FeaturingHeinemann, Benchmark
Education, National Geographic Learning, Lectorum, Steps to
Literacy
What Does Poetry Do For Our Students?Expands Children’s Oral Language
• Builds unique patterns and forms
• Extends listening and speaking vocabulary
• Expands knowledge of complex syntax
• Develops phonological and phonemic awareness Fountas and PInnell
What Does Poetry Do For Our Students?Expands Children’s Written Language
• Expands spoken vocabulary
• Opportunities to connect sounds within words
• Provides examples of different types of words – compound, base, contractions, plurals, etc
Fountas and PInnell
What Does Poetry Do For Our Students?Expands Children’s Content Knowledge
• New perceptions and ideas
• Encourages humor development
• Sensitizes to forms and styles of poetry
Foutnas and Pinnell
What Does Poetry Do For Our Students?Contributes to Social Knowledge and Skills
• Provides artistic and aesthetic experiences
• Creates a sense of community
• Provides a window to many cultures
Foutnas and Pinnell
Selecting Poetry for Students
• Length and Number of Words
• Decodability
• Ratio of easy to harder HFW
• Sentence or phrase structure
• Vocabulary
• Ideas – types of poetryFountas and Pinnell
Types of Poetry• Limerick
• Tongue Twister *
• Couplet
• Free Verse
• Haiku
• Cinquain *
• Diamante
Betty Botter (tongue twister)
Betty Botter bought some butter,“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter;If I put it in my batter,It will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butterWill make my batter better.”So she bought a bit of butterBetter than her bitter butter,And she put it in her batter.So ‘twas better Betty BotterBought a bit of better butter.
Betty Botter – phonogram utter
Betty Botter bought some butter,“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter;If I put it in my batter,It will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butterWill make my batter better.”So she bought a bit of butterBetter than her bitter butter,And she put it in her batter.So ‘twas better Betty BotterBought a bit of better butter.
Betty Botter – phonogram itter
Betty Botter bought some butter,“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter;If I put it in my batter,It will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butterWill make my batter better.”So she bought a bit of butterBetter than her bitter butter,And she put it in her batter.So ‘twas better Betty BotterBought a bit of better butter.
Betty Botter - HFW
Betty Botter bought some butter,“But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter;If I put it in my batter,It will make my batter bitter.But a bit of better butterWill make my batter better.”So she bought a bit of butterBetter than her bitter butter,And she put it in her batter.So ‘twas better Betty BotterBought a bit of better butter.
Betty Botter - Concepts• Rhythmic/alliterative poem (tongue twister)
• -utter, -itter, -atter, -it, -ill, -ake
• b, s, p
• bought, but, put, some, she, said, this, my, make
• assonance (repetition of vowel sounds) Fountas and Pinnell
Features of
Cinquain Poetry
Five lines
Line 1 – one word
title
Line 2 – 2 descriptive
words
Line 3 – 3 action words
Line 4 – 4 “feeling”
words
Line 5 – 1 synonym to
line 1
Strong and vivid words
May tell a story
Genre Workshop Poetry
Benchmark Education
Clouds
clouds
fluffy, puffy
shift and billow
lighter than cotton wisps
pillows
Genre Workshop PoetryBenchmark Education
Reader Response1. How does the poem make you
feel? Why?
2. What did you visualize?
3. What words did you like? Why?
4. What personal connection can you make to the theme or message of this poem?
Genre Workshop PoetryBenchmark Education
Analyze the Poem
1. What were the poet’s experiences to have written this poem?
2. Why do you think the poet chose this subject?
3. What other words might you have used in a poem with this theme?
Genre Workshop PoetryBenchmark Education
Cinquain Concepts
• Subject Focus – can tie it to content
• Word Work – adjectives, verbs, synonyms
• Metacognative – analyze, visualize, infer, etc
• Writing – brainstorming, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
Genre Workshop PoetryBenchmark Education
Poetry At A Glance
• Make it fun
•Make it meaningful
•Tie it to other contents
•Link to literacy concepts
Amy Mengarelli
The Waymire Group
Representing:• Heinemann• Benchmark Education• National Geographic Learning• Lectorum• Steps to Literacy
• DynaStudy• Newmark Learning