| How
to Write: |
Information: |
| a
bio poem |
An
Bio poem can be used to teach students to focus on the characteristics
of a person or an animal, anything or anyone really. It requires the student
to put themselves in the the subject's shoes. |
| a
5W poem |
A 5W poem is a good
way to teach children to identify and focus on the five W's of a story
or an event. |
| a
'name' poem |
A Name Poem is a good
way to teach children to focus the influence that people (friends and family)
around them have. |
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At the most basic
level a cinquin is a five line poem or stanza. Here are two variations.
See also Wacky
Web Tales (Cinquains) |
| a
'diamond' poem' |
This is a good poem
format to help teach adjectives, verbs, and nouns. |
| Limericks |
A limerick is a funny
little poem containing five lines. The last words of the first, second,
and fifth lines rhyme with each
other (A), and
the last words of the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other (B). |
| Haiku |
What is haiku and
examples.
Childs's
Haiku Garden |