1. AGENDA____________________________ Invent Your Own Poetry Form HOMEWORK________________________ Create 1 more Invent Your Own Poetry poems. Include the rules you created. OPENER____________________________ Complete this prompt in 1-2 paragraphs: If I were an animal or plant, I would be ______________...

2. DUE THURSDAY -Poetry Chapbooks -Memorized poem presentations (8-10 lines), focused on good public speaking skills DUE WEDNESDAY, 5/28 -Final Portfolio, 10 best writing samples of the year, NEATNESS COUNTS DUE FRIDAY, 5/30 -Final Reading Counts

3. Youve practiced and followed a number of types of poetry. Now you get to invent your own new forms of poetry. Look at the following examples… Look at the following examples…

4. Rosette Rosettes have no rhyme scheme. They start with nine words and go down to one word then go up to nine again. The two nine-word lines are the same. The poem has seventeen lines in all. It should look like two triangles connected when finished. Rosettes have no rhyme scheme. They start with nine words and go down to one word then go up to nine again. The two nine-word lines are the same. The poem has seventeen lines in all. It should look like two triangles connected when finished. BLAME I guess there is someone to blame for everything Everything that can sometimes go wrong in life Then you realize there's nobody to blame No one to blame for anything Have you figured it out? Who is to blame? There's no one But yourself You You're it You're the one You are to blame No one can help you Nobody can help what you did You did everything on your own There is no one to blame but yourself I guess there is someone to blame for everything BLAME I guess there is someone to blame for everything Everything that can sometimes go wrong in life Then you realize there's nobody to blame No one to blame for anything Have you figured it out? Who is to blame? There's no one But yourself You You're it You're the one You are to blame No one can help you Nobody can help what you did You did everything on your own There is no one to blame but yourself I guess there is someone to blame for everything

5. Penteverse An unrhymed poetry form with at least five lines. The last word of one line is the first word of the next. The last word of the last line is the first word of the first line. An unrhymed poetry form with at least five lines. The last word of one line is the first word of the next. The last word of the last line is the first word of the first line. Ignorance brings prejudice Prejudice brings hate Hate brings war War brings segregation Segregation brings ignorance

6. Yo Quito This poem is made up of 5 lines that have a rhyme scheme of aa. The first has any number of syllables, and then you add two more syllables for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th lines. This poem is made up of 5 lines that have a rhyme scheme of aa. The first has any number of syllables, and then you add two more syllables for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th lines. THE FIRST YO QUITO This is my Yo Quito It isn't very bonito If it were a bill, it would be vetoed I don't advise eating it like a burrito But instead put it on something using a magnito.

7. DIRECTIONS 1.Determine what the rules of your poem will be, then write it down. 2.Write your poem, according to the rules youve set. ACTIVE THINKING BY WRITING, NOT PASSIVE THINKING