Poetry Tic-Tac-Toe Board

DIRECTIONS: Complete a tic-tac-toe by choosing three poems to

create. One rule- you MUST go through the middle square! You must
create final drafts of each poem. After completing the three poems, you
must pick one to read aloud during a poetry cafe.
You may find examples of each poem on Mrs. Delinski’s website.

Name: _________________________ Hour: ________

HAIKU CINQUAIN LIMERICK

Line 1: 5 syllables Line 1: 2 syllables 5 line poem with a rhyme
Line 2: 7 syllables Line 2: 4 syllables scheme of AABBA
Line 3: 5 syllables Line 3: 6 syllables Lines 3 & 4 are shorter
Line 4: 8 syllables Usually humorous
Focuses on the beauty and Line 5 2 syllables
simplicity found in nature
*Does not rhyme

EMOTION SIMILE POEM BLACKOUT OR FOUND FREE VERSE

Line 1: Emotion
Line 2: If [Emotion] were a color,
Line 3: It would be [color].
Line 4: As [color] as a ___.
Line 5: If [emotion] were a taste,
Line 6: It would taste just like a __
Line 7: If [emotion] were a smell,
Line 8: It would smell as __ as a __
Line 9: It [emotion] were a sound,
Line 10: It would sound as __ as a __
POEM
Blockout: A poem with no rhyme or
Use a magazine or newspaper rhythm about anything!
and color, scribble out, black
out, only leaving the words in
your poem.
Found:
Take words or phrases from a
magazine or newspaper and
reframe them to create a new
poem.

BIOGRAPHY POEM I AM POEM SHAPE POEM

(First name)
(four adjectives that describe you)
Relative of( list close family member)
Resident of (place where you live)
Who reads (your favorite books or
authors)
Who likes (three things you like)
Who loves (three things you love)
Who fears (three things that scare you)
Who wishes ( three things you wish for)
Who needs (three things you need)
Who aspires to (one goal or aspiration)
(Last name)
I am (two adjectives that describe you) Describes an object and is
I wonder (something you are curious
about) shaped the same as the
I hear (a sound) object the poem is describing.
I see (something you want)
I am (repeat the first line)
I understand (something you know is
true)
I say (something you believe in)
I dream (something you dream about)
I try (something you try to do)
I hope (something you hope for)
I am (repeat first line)