1. Free Verse Connection to 3-blocks:
I would use this poetry during a guided reading
group in the reading workshop.
Free verse is poetry that does not rhyme and Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
I would use this type of poetry to help students
practice reading fluently. The pattern in free
has a regular rhythm. In free verse, the poet
verse poetry can help students learn how to read
with phrasing and intonation.
creates the rules, drawing on his intuitive
Resources:
sense of how the poem should look, sound, http://edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_3
1_14.html This website gives information about
and express meaning. free verse poetry and a couple examples for
students. It can be printed off as a worksheet for
students to use.
http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/conte
nt.asp?pid=36860 This website was developed
Fountas, I. C., &Pinnell, G. S. (2001). Creating by teachers to support the explicit teaching of
the Poetry Workshop: Reading, Writing, and the
free verse. It has several resources to download,
Arts.Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6:
teaching comprehension, genre, and content including background information on free verse
literacy (p. 412). Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann. poetry, lesson plans, assessments, and other
tools.
Cinquain Connection to 3-blocks:
I would use this type of poem in a craft
A five line poem. minilesson at the beginning of writing workshop.
Line one: one word (subject or noun).
Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
Line two: two words (adjectives) that describe I would use this to reinforce students’ knowledge
line 1. of parts of speech. When the students write a
cinquain, they need to be able to use the write
Line three: three words (action verbs) that relate kinds of words.
to line 1.
Resources:
Line four: four words (feelings or a complete http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/cinquain.htm
sentence) that relate to line 1. This website tells students exactly how to format
a cinquain poem, gives them an example, and
Line 5: one word (synonym of line 1 or a word allows them to fill in the spaces right on the
that sums it up). webpage.
http://www.cinquain.org/cinquain.html This
Cinquain Poetry. (n.d.). Welcome to TEAMS website includes several examples of cinquains
Educational Resources. Retrieved March 18, for students to read before they write their own.
2012, from
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classroo
ms/amy/algebra/5-
6/activities/poetry/cinquain.html
Concrete Connection to 3-blocks:
I would use this in a craft minilesson during the
writing workshop.

2. Concrete poems dramatically represent meaning Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
I would use this to introduce form into poetry to
not only by the way words sound, but by how help students see there are different ways to
write poems, it doesn’t just have to be in stanzas.
they look. The print of the poem itself takes This will help students see that there are
different methods of writing and help them to be
shape as a collage or picture that conveys creative with their writing.
meaning. With the different fonts, typefaces, and Resources:
http://www.wild-about-
other technologies available, the possibilities for woods.org.uk/elearning/concretepoetry/ This
interactive website allows students to choose a
concrete poems are endless. shape and then fill it in with a poem by adding
their own words.
Fountas, I. C., &Pinnell, G. S. (2001). Creating http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources
the Poetry Workshop: Reading, Writing, and the /interactives/shape/ This interactive website
Arts.Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: starts off with defining concrete poetry and
teaching comprehension, genre, and content
giving an example. Then students can select a
literacy (p. 413). Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann.
theme and object, type in words, and the website
formats their poem for them.
Haiku Connection to 3-blocks:
I would use this in a conventions minilesson in
the writing workshop.
The haiku is a style of poetry that originated Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
I would use this to help students recognize the
in Japan. It uses simple language, contains syllabication and rhythm in words and phrases.
This will also draw students’ attention to the
no rhyme, and rarely includes metaphor. A rhythm that can be created by varying the
number of syllables in words.
haiku has three lines. The first and third
Resources:
http://www.gardendigest.com/poetry/haiku4.ht
lines are the same length, and the middle m This website has resources such as
worksheets, activities, examples, and
one is longer. Frequently, a haiku has a information about haiku poetry for grades 2-12.
http://resources.primarysource.org/content.php
syllable structure of five, seven, and five. ?pid=278945&sid=2297718 This website has
lesson plans for teachers, curriculum
connections, and activities.
Fountas, I. C., &Pinnell, G. S. (2001). Creating
the Poetry Workshop: Reading, Writing, and the http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/ideas/h
Arts.Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: aiku.html This website has an interactive activity
teaching comprehension, genre, and content
literacy (p. 413). Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann.
for students to drag words from a board so they
will fit into haiku form.
Limericks Connection to 3-blocks:
I would use this type of poetry in a craft lesson at
Limericks are humorous poems that are the beginning of writing workshop.
Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
structured in five lines. The first and second
I would use this type of poetry to help students

3. lines rhyme, as do the third and fourth. The with word choice. Because the lines in this type
of poem have to rhyme, the students will need to
fifth line yields a surprise ending or carefully consider what words they select when
writing a limerick. The words they choose
cannot just be chosen because they rhyme, they
humorous statement and rhymes with the
need to make sense as well.
first two lines. Resources:
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/lime
rickcontesthelp.html This website teaches
students the rhythm of limericks, and helps them
Fountas, I. C., &Pinnell, G. S. (2001). Creating
to write one of their own.
the Poetry Workshop: Reading, Writing, and the http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/limeri
Arts.Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: ck.php This website has lesson plans for teaching
teaching comprehension, genre, and content limericks as well as background information on
literacy (p. 412-413). Portsmouth, N.H.: limericks and examples of limericks.
Heinemann.
Narrative Connection to 3-blocks:
I would use this during a minilesson on reading
strategies and skills in the reading workshop.
Connection to skill, strategy or idea:
Narrative poetry tells a story or a sequence I would use this to teach students
comprehending strategies, such as main idea,
of events. The ballad, also a song, is a type of summarizing and identifying main events.
Narrative poetry can tell a sequence of events,
narrative. Very long narratives, called epics, which makes it easier for students to identify
them. Also, because poetry is relatively short, it
were used in history to pass on stories about can help students who are beginning to
summarize.
heroes and their heroic deeds. Resources:
http://www.tes.co.uk/TaxonomySearchResults.a
spx?keywords=Narrative%20Poetry&page=1
This website has activities to go along with
famous narrative poems.
Fountas, I. C., &Pinnell, G. S. (2001). Creating
the Poetry Workshop: Reading, Writing, and the
Arts.Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: http://www.blackcatpoems.com/n/narrative_po
teaching comprehension, genre, and content ems.html This website has several examples of
literacy (p. 413). Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann. narrative poetry for students to read through.