Station #1: News Story Station

Station #1: News Story Station

a)Imagery, Visual Elements, and Theme

Read a poem such as “Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man”, (See Appendix A) then complete the worksheet “Imagery, Visual Elements, and Theme.” (See AppendixB)

b)Complete the “Visual Response to a Poem” worksheet. (See Appendix C) Use the following worksheet for the students. (See Appendix D)

c)Complete the 5w’s Worksheet (See Appendix E)

d)Complete Headline Poem Assignment (See Appendix F) OMIT

Station #2: Computer Station

a)Poetic Terms – Go to the site or the “Poetic Terms Worksheet”, fill in the definitions and an example for each term. (See Appendix G)

b)Figurative Language Hangman - Now, test your figurative language knowledge. Play Hangman at this site: Crossword – create a “Poetry Crossword using the 14 words from the poetic terms worksheet. Go to the following site: Print a copy of your crossword.

d)Figurative Language Web Hunt – Using the internet such as this site, , find the answers to the questions about figurative language. (See Appendix H)

Station #3: Figurative Language Station

a)Simile and Metaphor Activity (See Appendix I)

b)Personification Exercise- Read the directions, and then complete the accompanied worksheet. (See Appendix J)

c)Simile Worksheet (see Appendix K)

d)Hyperbole Worksheet (See Appendix L)

Station #4: Team Poetry Station

a)Poetry Poker – This activity requires some pre-planning. Take a deck of cards and tape a word to the back of each card. The words can be nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Then, laminate the cards so they can be used from one year to the next. Now, put 5 cards in each envelop to be placed in the station.

(See AppendixM)

b)Alphabet Poetry –As a team choose a topic, and work collaboratively to create an alphabet poem (See Appendix N)

Station #5: My Poems

a)Button Jar Poem (See Appendix O)

b)“I Am” Poem (See Appendix P)

Station #6: Types of Poems

At this station, each member of the group is going to learn about a different type of poem (See Appendix Q). Then, you are going to teach this information to other members of your group.

Directions: 1) Each person in the group selects an envelope which contains directions about writing one type of poem.

2) Read the directions and write a poem of your own on the paper provided. Include a picture to represent your poem.