POEM PROJECT
Pretend you are one of the animals from
Animal Farm. Write a short four-line
poem expressing your thoughts or feelings.
The poem can be serious or funny, but it must rhyme.
Four lines
rhyme-
-perfect rhyme - sounds are exactly the same
can fan
ceiling feeling
table cable
fine wine
no rhymes for these words- orange silver
- close rhyme - kind of rhyme
orange garage
silver pilfer
crazy maybe
I just met you
This is craaaaazy
Here's my number
Call me maybe
-eye rhyme - look the same, but don't sound the same
though
bough
older poetry- Shakespeare- change in pronunciation, accent
cot caught
foyer
water
kangaroo "I don't know"
Examples from
previous classes:
I hate
living on Animal Farm A
The
pigs live in the house and I live in the barn A
I'm freezing cold- they're nice and warm B
I'm freezing cold- they're nice and warm B
They
get the apples- I get none. B
I am
Napoleon, the big pig boss A
Because
I'm clever I'm leader of the farm B
Have to watch out for those
who'll do me harm B
Especially
Boxer the big dumb horse A
popular rhyme schemes AABB ABBA ABAB
ABBA- popular Swedish pop group
Finish for homework. Email to me by midnight on Thursday:
ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
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