Your Mission

You will travel to around the world

learning about different types of poetry.
After reading information from each
form of poetry, you will receive a clue.
Work to complete each poetry mission
to move on to the next level.
You will be rewarded upon the
completion of this trip!

Follow the Symbols!

Click the
on the bottom of every
clue page to return to the map after
completing each task. You must go to
every star!
If you finished early, click on the
to visit fun poetry sites!
Click on the action buttons
to move from slide to slide within a
country.

Click on a star to go to a country on the

map. Read through the slides, then
complete the task for a reward!

Japan

Haiku
Japanese form of poetry that is
hundreds of years old
Very short in length
Creates a picture, usually of nature
Form:
Five syllables
Seven syllables
Five syllables

The Flower

The red blossom bends

and drips its dew to the

ground.

Like a tear, it falls.

Haiku Clue
Click on the envelope to see your
task!
Log in and follow directions.
You must answer the question posted
and respond to one student.
When you are finished, click on the
star to go back to the map!

Greece

Imagery
Derived from Greece.
Draws the reader into a poem by
using the senses (sight, sound,
smell, taste, and touch)
Focuses on images the reader
already knows to create a picture
in his/her mind.

Stars by Robert Frost

How countlessly they congregate
O'er our tumultuous snow,
Which flows in shapes as tall as
trees
When wintry winds do blow!-As if with keenness for our fate,
Our faltering few steps on
To white rest, and a place of rest
Invisible at dawn,-And yet with neither love nor hate,
Those stars like some snow-white
Minerva's snow-white marble eyes
Without the gift of sight.

Imagery Clue

Click on the envelope below to

go to your next clue.
Write a four line poem about
nature or a season using
imagery.
Choose a template in poster
oven to support your poem
and type your poem in the text
box.
When you are finished, show
your teacher, then click on the
star to go back to the map!

California

Diamante
Unrhymed form of poetry created by
Dr. Iris Tiedt from California.
Poem forms a diamond shape.
Day
Bright, sunny,
Laughing, playing, doing,
Up in the east, down in the westTalking, resting, sleeping,
Quiet, dark,
Night

The Diamante Poem

Arrangement
Line 1: Noun
Line 2: Two adjectives
Line 3: Three action verbs that end in "-ing"
Line 4: Four nouns
Line 5: Three action verbs that end in "-ing"
Line 6: Two adjectives
Line 7: Noun

Diamante Clue
Click on the envelope to see the task
you need to complete!
Create a Diamante Poem with your
partner.
Tell your teacher when you are done
so you can be rewarded!

Greece

Acrostic
Comes from Greek origins
Each line of the poem begins
with a letter from the topic word.
All lines in the poem must relate
to the topic word.

TRAMPOLINE
Tumbling through the air
Ready to become
Air born at any
Moment, feeling the springs
Push you up
Over and around again
Light as a feather
Instantly rebounding,
Naturally full of
Energy

Acrostic Clue
Click on the envelope.
When you are finished, click on the
star to go back to the map!

France

Cinquain
Dates back to Medieval French
poetry.
Also known as a quintet because it
has five lines.
Has a rhymes scheme of ababb,
abaab or abccb.

Bubbles
Bubbles
Delicate balls
Softly floating above
Unbelievable happiness
Transparent

Cinquain Clue
Click on envelope.
Click Play.
Click on the cactus picture to make a
cinquain.
When you are finished, click on the
star to go back to the map!

England

Limerick
Limerick poems
can be traced back
to the 14th century
in English history.
Used in Nursery
Rhymes and other
poems for children.
They are short and
funny.

The Formof Limericks

Limericks consist of five lines.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have
seven to ten syllables and rhyme
with one another.
Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have five
to seven syllables and also rhyme
with each other.

Naughty Child
A naughty young child at the zoo
Teased a tortoise and polar bear too!
But, by the look of the smile
On that big crocodile,
I think his teasing has ended,
Dont you?

Limerick Activity
Click on the envelope below to go
to the task you need to complete!
When you are finished, click on
the star to go back to the map!

Brazil

Concrete Poetry
Started in Brazil.
Takes the shape of the object or
animal it is describing.
Can be in any shape or form you
can imagine!

Sailboat
Doves Song

Concrete Clue
Click on the envelope below to go to
the task you need to complete!
When you are finished, click on the
star to go back to the map!

New York

Free Verse
Has been around for hundreds of
years, but American poet Walt
Whitman is given credit for making
the form famous.
Free verse is a poem without meter
or rhyme.

Song of the Open Road

By: Walt Whitman
Afoot and lighthearted,
I take to the open
road,
Healthy, free,
the world before me,
The long brown path
before me,
leading wherever I
choose.

Free Verse Clue

Click on the envelope below to
complete your next task.
Make a free verse poem that is three
lines long by moving the magnets
around on the board. It has to make
sense!
Once you are finished, click on the
lightning bolt to complete additional
activities.

Click on an envelope below to take you to

additional poetry activities!

Poetry Game for

Kids!
Poetry4Kids!

Poetry
Engine!

Poetry Machine!
Rhyming Game!

Web 2.0 Tools and Sites

Haiku Chat:
http://www.todaysmeet.com/AlexanderPoetry
Imagery Poster Oven:
http://www.posteroven.com/gui/product/poster3/
Diamante Poem Template:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interacti
ves/diamante/
Acrostic Poem Template:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactiv
es/acrostic/
Cinquain Creator:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie
.htm
Online Limerick Quiz:
http://www.mystudiyo.com/ch/a115178/go
Concrete Poem Creator:
http://www.wild-about-woods.org.uk/elearning/concret
epoetry/
Free Verse Word Magnets:

Resources

Amazing Race photo:

http://momentumoffailure.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/ama
zing-race.jpg
Amazing Race envelope picture:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dryedmangoez/454930742/
Shooting star picture:
http://www.wallpaperseek.com/shooting-star-wallpapers_w5
008.html
World map picture:
http://alxa.ru/file/wallpaper/world_map.jpg
Animated plane:
http://www.freefever.com/animatedgifs/animated/plane15.gi
f
World flags:
http://www.learnsmart.ca/main/images/W302_WorldFlags_Fro
nt.jpg
Maps of countries:
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=maps%20of%20
countries&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
All music files: http://abmp3.com/
Animated envelope:

Resources, contd

Japanese scene:
http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/2091648.jpghttp:
//www.kohlersjapan.com/pics/JapanInfo/map_japan.jpg
Pictures of Greece:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Greece&FORM=BIFD#
Beach background;
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1023/1075121472_3a95a615c6.jpg
Dolphin picture:
http://www.digitaldesktopwallpaper.com/wallpapers/desktop-wallpapers/d
olphin_wallpaper_005_1024.jpg
Animated star background:
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/myanistarback2.gif
Pictures of California:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=California&FORM=BIFD#
Marquise diamond picture:
http://www.sheerdiamonds.com/shop/images/marquise-diamond.jpg
Trampoline picture:
http://sarahdessen.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/europa-trampolinemd.jpg
Pictures of France: http://1photoblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/eiffeltower-at-night-paris-france.jpg
Picture of Big Ben:
http://englishdepths.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/big_ben_at_dusk_londo
n_england2.jpg

Resources, contd
Limerick picture:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZW59DlfzvFI/Rrb9erBjZHI/AAAAAAAAAT
o/1XH91DriNRI/s400/screenhunter_07_may_12_1657.gif
Picture of kid with bear:
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funnypictures-polar-bear-kid-glass-zoo.jpg
Pictures of Brazil: http://www.bing.com/images/search?
q=Brazil&FORM=BIFD#
Concrete poetry examples: http://www.google.com/images?
hl=en&q=concrete%20poetry&um=1&ie=UTF8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
Pictures of New York: http://www.google.com/images?
um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch
%3A1&sa=1&q=New+York&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Picture of woods: http://www.google.com/images?
um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch
%3A1&sa=1&q=wooded+road&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rf
ai=