Poetry Unit

Poetry #

Students were asked to create a poem using 3 literary poetry elements. Students studied poems and poetry elements for two weeks before creating their own. These are some examples:

Elements of Poetry #

Student 1 #

All about Christmas

Christmas day, christmas day, is when we may open presents.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we have a feast.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we visit family.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we don't have school.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we make a snowman.

Christmas day ,Christmas day, is when we drink hot cocoa and watch a movie.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we get cozy.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we do shopping for presents.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when stana and his reindeer come.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we make cookies for santa.

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when me and my siblings wake up in the middle in the night

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we sneak down stairs and see if santa is here or not

Christmas day, Christmas day, is when we make cookies for the family.

Christmas day ,Christmas day, I hope the grinch doesn't steal christmas.

Student 2 #

Christmas

Christmas, Christmas, I was 7 years old on Christmas day.

Christmas, Christmas, I was at my grandparent’s house.

Christmas, Christmas, we did a tradition.

Christmas, Christmas, my mom baked cookies,

Christmas, Christmas, every year my mom makes cookies.

Christmas, was the greatest.

Candy was also at my grandparent’s house.

Christmas, Christmas,Santa Klaus gave me a phone.

Christmas, Christmas,Cake was there too.

Christmas Christmas my mom wrapped a gift.

Christmas Christmas my grandma made food for our family.

Christmas Christmas I went to go play with my cousins.

Christmas Christmas I watched movies with my family.

Christmas Christmas I opened my presents.

Student 3 #

Last Christmas

Last Christmas me and my family made tamales, tamales, tamales and more tamales. We ate tamales, tamales, more tamales.

Christmas day all around the neighborhood, lights, lights, lights and more lights

Lights here Lights their red Lights blue Lights, yellow Lights, more lights.

Good deeds, Good deeds, Good deeds, and more Good deeds.

Good deeds here, good deeds their good deeds all around.

A new year to start new good deeds.

The end

Student 4 #

Colors, Colors

I feel in the night nice

by seeing the colors, colors bright

the white of the stars

the dark of the sky

When the sun rises

the colors, colors come back

the colors, colors I like

colors, colors so bright