This document provides an overview of poetry for a 4th grade lesson. It defines poetry as a way to tell stories, express feelings, please the ear, and delight the eye. It then discusses poetry vocabulary like beats, imagery, lines, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, and stanzas. Examples of different poetry genres are provided, including an imagery poem, personification poem, comparison poem, and word play poem. The document concludes with citations for the sources used.
9. Genre Vocabulary
Beats: the stressed syllables in a line of poetry
Imagery: word pictures created through the use of
figurative language or vivid descriptions
10. Genre Vocabulary
Beats: the stressed syllables in a line of poetry
Imagery: word pictures created through the use of
figurative language or vivid descriptions
Lines: rows of words
11. Genre Vocabulary
Beats: the stressed syllables in a line of poetry
Imagery: word pictures created through the use of
figurative language or vivid descriptions
Lines: rows of words
Repetition: a repeating patter of sounds or words
15. Genre Vocabulary
Rhyme: agreement in the final sounds of words
Rhythm: a regular pattern of beats
Sense words: words that appeal to senses of sight,
hearing, smell, taste, or touch
16. Genre Vocabulary
Rhyme: agreement in the final sounds of words
Rhythm: a regular pattern of beats
Sense words: words that appeal to senses of sight,
hearing, smell, taste, or touch
Stanzas: groups of lines that make up the divisions of
a poem
17. How does it know,
âThe Seedâ this little seed,
if it is to grow
to a flower or weed,
if it is to be
a vine or shoot,
or grow to a tree
with a long deep root?
A seed is so small,
where do you suppose
it stores up all
of the things it knows?
By Aileen Fisher
18. How does it know,
âThe Seedâ this little seed,
if it is to grow
Beats: X
to a flower or weed,
Imagery: X if it is to be
Lines: X
Repetition: X
a vine or shoot,
Rhyme: X or grow to a tree
Rhythm: X
Sense Words: X
with a long deep root?
Stanzas: X A seed is so small,
where do you suppose
it stores up all
of the things it knows?
By Aileen Fisher
19. Poetry Notes
Word Bank:
beats repetition sense words imagery
rhyme stanzas lines rhythm
20. Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long _____ arranged in groups called ______
To help us see, hear, smell, taste, and touch poets use ________
Poets also use _______ to help us form pictures in our minds
We should read poems aloud to hear the _____ that comes from the ____ of the syllables.
We can also listen for the _______ of sounds, words, and lines.
Similar ending sounds are heard in words that _______
Word Bank:
beats repetition sense words imagery
rhyme stanzas lines rhythm
22. Answers to Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long lines arranged in groups called stanzas
23. Answers to Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long lines arranged in groups called stanzas
To help us see, hear, smell, taste, and touch poets use sense words
24. Answers to Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long lines arranged in groups called stanzas
To help us see, hear, smell, taste, and touch poets use sense words
Poets also use imagery to help us form pictures in our minds
25. Answers to Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long lines arranged in groups called stanzas
To help us see, hear, smell, taste, and touch poets use sense words
Poets also use imagery to help us form pictures in our minds
We should read poems aloud to hear the rhythm that comes from the beats of the syllables.
26. Answers to Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long lines arranged in groups called stanzas
To help us see, hear, smell, taste, and touch poets use sense words
Poets also use imagery to help us form pictures in our minds
We should read poems aloud to hear the rhythm that comes from the beats of the syllables.
We can also listen for the repetition of sounds, words, and lines.
27. Answers to Poetry Notes
A poem may have short or long lines arranged in groups called stanzas
To help us see, hear, smell, taste, and touch poets use sense words
Poets also use imagery to help us form pictures in our minds
We should read poems aloud to hear the rhythm that comes from the beats of the syllables.
We can also listen for the repetition of sounds, words, and lines.
Similar ending sounds are heard in words that rhyme
28. All About A Poem
Read the poem, then use words from the box to complete the description below
29. All About A Poem
Read the poem, then use words from the box to complete the description below
The Hungry Toaster
I slip a slice of soft white bread
Into my toasterâs jaws.
It grabs the bread and pulls it down
With greedy metal paws.
I think my toaster would prefer
Another kind of snack,
Because a minute later,
It throws my bread right back
30. All About A Poem
Read the poem, then use words from the box to complete the description below
The Hungry Toaster
I slip a slice of soft white bread
Into my toasterâs jaws.
It grabs the bread and pulls it down
With greedy metal paws.
Questions:
I think my toaster would prefer This poem has eight _____
Another kind of snack, They are arranged in two _____
Because a minute later, As you say the first line, tap out four strong _____
It throws my bread right back The whole poem has a bouncy, playful _____
The words jaws and paws and the words snack and back _____
Listen for the _____ of the beginning sounds in slip and slice
The comparison of a toaster to a hungry animal is ______
The poet also uses _______ like soft and white
31. All About A Poem
Read the poem, then use words from the box to complete the description below
The Hungry Toaster Vocabulary:
I slip a slice of soft white bread Beats
Into my toasterâs jaws. Imagery
It grabs the bread and pulls it down Lines
With greedy metal paws. Repetition
Questions: Rhyme
I think my toaster would prefer This poem has eight _____ Rhythm
Another kind of snack, They are arranged in two _____ Sense words
Because a minute later, As you say the first line, tap out four strong _____ Stanzas
It throws my bread right back The whole poem has a bouncy, playful _____
The words jaws and paws and the words snack and back _____
Listen for the _____ of the beginning sounds in slip and slice
The comparison of a toaster to a hungry animal is ______
The poet also uses _______ like soft and white
32. The Hungry Toaster
I slip a slice of soft white bread
Into my toasterâs jaws.
It grabs the bread and pulls it down
With greedy metal paws.
I think my toaster would prefer Questions:
Another kind of snack,
Because a minute later, This poem has eight lines
It throws my bread right back They are arranged in two stanzas
As you say the first line, tap out four strong beats
The whole poem has a bouncy, playful rhythm
The words jaws and paws and the words snack and back rhyme
Listen for the repetition of the beginning sounds in slip and slice
The comparison of a toaster to a hungry animal is imagery
The poet also uses sense words like soft and white
35. Types of Poems
Imagery: images created by words
Personification: giving objects human traits and qualities
36. Types of Poems
Imagery: images created by words
Personification: giving objects human traits and qualities
Comparison: connection between two objects
37. Types of Poems
Imagery: images created by words
Personification: giving objects human traits and qualities
Comparison: connection between two objects
Word Play: humorous poem
38. Imagery Poem: Images Created by Words
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:
He did his very best to make
The billows smooth and bright -
And this was odd, because it was
The middle of the night.  Â
    (Lewis Carroll)Â
39. Personification Poem:
Giving Objects Human Traits and Qualities
Dinnertime Chorus
The teapot sang as the water boiled
The ice cubes cackled in their glass
the teacups chattered to one another.
While the chairs were passing gas
The gravy gurgled merrily
As the oil danced in a pan.
Oh my dinnertime chorus
What a lovely, lovely clan!
by Sharon Hendricks
40. A pumpkinâs like a full moon
Comparison: Sitting round and low -
In the starry evening,
The pumpkin seems to glow!
Connections between
two objects
A pumpkin is like a (noun)
(verb ending in -ing) (adjective)Â and (adjective)
(preposition â when, in, around, etc) and (place or time)
(Completion of the comparison)
Kelly Wilson
41. On the thirty third of Januaugust,
right before Octember,
Word Play: a strange thing didn't happen
that I always won't remember.
At eleven in the afternoon,
Humorous Poems while making midnight brunch,
I poured a glass of sandwiches
and baked a plate of punch.
Then I climbed up on my head to see A parade began to end
the silver sky of green, and music started not to play,
and danced around my feet because as rain came out and snowed all night
I'd turned eleventeen. that warm and sunny day.
That was how it didn't happen
as I keenly don't remember,
on the thirty third of Januaugust,
right before Octember.
--Kenn Nesbitt
42. Works Cited
Image on slide 5 : http://www.presentermedia.com/index.php?target=closeup&maincat=clipart&id=3973
Imagery Poem: Childrenâs Literature Website http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/poetry_language.htm
Personification Poem: My Word Wizard Website http://www.mywordwizard.com/personification-poems.html
Comparison Poem: Online Teaching Resource Center http://www.trcabc.com/resources/kellyscorner/pumpkin-patrol-poems-and-songs/
Word Play Poem:Ken Nisbittâs Poetry 4 Kids http://www.poetry4kids.com/cat-Wordplay.html
Main Source of Information: Cooper, David, and John J. Pikulski. Traditions. Teacher's Edition ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
2006. 515-17. Print.
