Writing Simple Poems: Pattern Poetry for Language Acquisition

by Vicki L. Holmes , Margaret R. Moulton

• ISBN13: 9780521785525
• ISBN10: 0521785529
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-16
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Writing Simple Poems is a resource book that shows teachers how to use poetry writing to teach grammar and writing conventions. Appropriate for any age or fluency level, the book can be used by ESL, foreign language, or bilingual teachers as an adjunct to their writing program. Regular classroom teachers will find it useful for language arts. The first part of the book focuses on methodology and offers suggestions for ways to integrate poetry writing with the curriculum. The second part of the book contains twenty-five easy-to-follow lesson plans, each with poetry models and sample poems written by students of various ages and linguistic backgrounds. The third part of the book offers an index of teaching points and a glossary of grammar terms.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(14)
Acrostic	15	(6)
Adjective poem	21	(4)
Adjective placement poem	25	(7)
Adverb poem	32	(6)
Alphabet poem	38	(9)
Beginnings and endings poem	47	(4)
Biopoem	51	(6)
Blotz poem	57	(6)
Catalog poem	63	(4)
Cinquain	67	(4)
Color metaphor poem	71	(7)
Contrast poem	78	(5)
Countdown poem	83	(5)
Days-of-the-week poem	88	(6)
Diamante	94	(5)
Five senses poem	99	(5)
Haiku	104	(4)
Hero poem	108	(4)
``I am'' poem	112	(7)
``I like'' poem	119	(4)
``I wish'' poem	123	(5)
Phrase poem	128	(5)
Preposition poem	133	(5)
Simile poem	138	(6)
Who-what-where-when-why-how poem	144	(5)
Glossary	149	(4)
Index	153