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ThePoetTreeA Poetry Expedition

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Job Advertisement:The highly acclaimed magazine, "The Poet

Tree,” is looking for some new and innovative poets to liven up the magazine with various types of poetry. Are you up for the challenge? Before hiring poets, they require that you complete a rigorous training process to become an expert poet. Click the Poet Tree to begin training.

PHASE 1: Create your acrostic Nickname badge

To be a ‘Poet Tree’ poet, you must know several different types of poetry. The first type of poetry you encounter in your training is Acrostic poetry. What is an acrostic poem, and how can you use it to create your name badge? Let’s find out!What is an acrostic poem?

Click here to create and print your acrostic name badge. For fun, use your nickname!

Phase 2: Poetry scavenger hunt

Now that you know about acrostic poems, let’s find out about some other types of poetry. Click each type of poetry below to complete a scavenger hunt about it.

• HAIKU• CINQUAIN• DIAMANTE• LIMERICK

Phase 2: POETRY SCAVENGER HUNT

HaikuWhat do these haiku poems have in common?

(Hint: Click next to see more haikus.)

What is the traditional form of Haiku poems?

Complete the words to this Haiku that helps you remember the form:

I am first with Then in the middle –

again to end.

Haiku poetry Continued

Read these two “What Am I?” haikus.

Write your own “What Am I?” Haiku:

Green and speckled legs,Hop on logs and lily padsSplash in cool water.

In a pouch I grow,On a southern continent --Strange creatures I know.

WHAT AM I? WHAT AM I?

Phase 2: POETRY SCAVENGER HUNT

Cinquain What is a cinquain?

How is a cinquain similar to a haiku? How is it different?

Use this graphic organizer to plan and write a cinquain about your favorite animal.

Phase 2: POETRY SCAVENGER HUNT

diamante What is the shape of a diamante?

Read these diamante poems by kids like you. What do they all have in common?

How are diamante poems and cinquains alike? How are they different?

Use this online tool to help you write a diamante poem about something you find in nature.

Phase 2: POETRY SCAVENGER HUNT

Limerick What is a limerick?

What is the purpose of a limerick?

Read these limericks by kids like you. What rhyming pattern do they all follow?

Use this graphic organizer to write a limerick about a new teacher!

Phase 3: Final Challenge

Now that you have experimented with each type of poetry, it is time for you to prove your poetic talent. Choose one type of poetry: acrostic, haiku, cinquain, diamante, or limerick. Write a poem about a topic of your choice using the correct form. The writer of the best poem will be selected to begin work for “The Poet Tree”magazine immediately.