Thursday, April 22, 2010

Journal Topic

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

As we studied about adjectives and descriptive language in our lesson, now it is time to use them.

This week, you are going to create your own poem.

Let's see how we can do it. There are some simple steps to follow:

Write a 5-line poem in the following constructive manner.
1- On the first line write a noun of your choice.
2- On the second line write two adjectives joined by and to describe this noun.
3- On the third line write a verb and an adverb to describe this noun in action
4- Start the fourth line with "like or as" followed by a comparison.
5- Start the final line with "if only" followed by a wish.

Here are some examples of a few well-known poets:

Life
Terrible and wonderful
Going fast
Like a train
If I only knew where it goes and when it stops.
(by Marielle Gustafsson)

Wind
Light and cunning
Flying everywhere
Like a naughty boy
If only I had the patience to catch him.
(by Candace)


The sky
Blue and deep
Waiting patiently
Like eternity
If only I can fly to it.
(by Francisco Ramirez Alvarado)

Please write your poems and publish them in the comments. I believe yours will be better than the examples given above :))