Assignment Guidelines
As the culminating project for our poetry unit, we will be creating a poetry portfolio. You will write nine poems, as outlined below, and they will be published on our English 9 Blog. For further directions for each poem and numerous examples click on the turquoise links.
Section 1:
_____ Metaphor Poem
Section 2: Choose One
_____ Haiku
_____ Tanka
Section 3: Choose One
_____ Diamante
_____ Cinquain
Section 4:
_____ Autobiographical “I Am From” Poem
Section 5:
_____ Black-Out Poem
Section 6: Choose One
_____ Limerick
_____ Clerihew
Section 7: Choose One
_____ Ode to Hero Poem
_____ Abstract Concepts Poem
Section 8: Choose One
_____ Star Poem
_____ Prejudice Poem
Section 9:
_____ Shakespearean Sonnet
_____ Metaphor Poem
Section 2: Choose One
_____ Haiku
_____ Tanka
Section 3: Choose One
_____ Diamante
_____ Cinquain
Section 4:
_____ Autobiographical “I Am From” Poem
Section 5:
_____ Black-Out Poem
Section 6: Choose One
_____ Limerick
_____ Clerihew
Section 7: Choose One
_____ Ode to Hero Poem
_____ Abstract Concepts Poem
Section 8: Choose One
_____ Star Poem
_____ Prejudice Poem
Section 9:
_____ Shakespearean Sonnet