Poetry for Kids Poetry is awesome because there

Poetry for Kids

Poetry is awesome because there are so many types of poems to read and write. You don’t have to be a good reader to read poems and you don’t have to be a good writer to write poems so that’s why everyone loves poems! Poems can be short or long, funny or sad, silly or serious, and lots, lots more.

Important Poetry Words • Before you begin learning anymore about poetry, you have to understand these words: – Line- a row of words in a poem – Stanza- a group of lines in a poem that are separated by a blank line – Pattern- repetition of lines in a stanza • AABA

What are Poetic Devices? • Poetic Devices: the “features” of poetry. • Poets use certain “features” to write their poems just like non-fiction books have certain features and fiction books have certain features.

Rhyme and Rhythm • Rhyme- having the same sound at the end of two or more words. The words don’t have to be spelled the same at the end of the word. – Example: Mike/ bike sea/ tree • Rhythm- the “beat” of the poem that you hear or feel when the poem is read.

Repetition • Repetition: using the same word, phrase, line or stanza two or more times in a poem – Example: Baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir three bags full.

Alliteration • Alliteration: having the same sound repeated at the beginning of two or more words. – Example: • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Assonance • Assonance: repetition of the same vowel sound. – Example: Upon an island hard to reach, The East Beast sits upon his beach. Upon the west beach sits the West Beast. Each beast thinks he's the best beast.

Onomatopoeia • Onomatopoeia- a word whose sound is similar to the what is refers to. It “sounds” like the word. – Examples: zoom weee pop

Figurative Language • Figurative Language: an expression that has a different meaning than what the words actually say. – Example: “So hungry I could eat a horse. ” • Simile- An example of figurative language the uses the words like or as. – Example: • “Run like the wind. ” • “As cool as a cucumber. ”

Recommended websites to use for sharing examples of poetic devices. • http: //www. poetry 4 kids. com • www. gigglepoetry. com • http: //storytrail. com/poetry/poeticdevices_elementary. htm • http: //www. mywordwizard. com/kids-poems. html • http: //www 2. nkfust. edu. tw/~emchen/CLit/poetry_language. htm

For other Poetry lesson resources look for my upcoming “Poetry System Unit” and “Types of Poetry” powerpoint on TPT. http: //www. teacherspayteachers. com/Store/Jennifer-Zundel Graphics provided by Teacher’s Toolkit http: //www. teacherspayteachers. com/Store/Teachers-Toolkit