Memory Book
Memory Book
Process
Follow the steps listed below to create your personal contribution to the Prince of Peace Eighth Grade Memory Book. You will create a list of your favorite memories of your time as a student at Prince of Peace School. When completing the assignment please consider your entire experience at Prince of Peace, from the time you first entered the school as a pre-school or kindergarten student to the present.
1. Use a concept web or a synetic to brainstorm your topic-you!
Download worksheet here
Download worksheet here
2. Select one or more of the poetic forms offered to create your poem about you. If you select Haiku or limerick you must compose at least two separate poems. Make sure to use the elements of poetry such as metaphor, alliteration, assonance, etc.
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Haiku |
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Limerick |
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Acrostic |
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Bio Pyramid |
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Sonnet |
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Free Verse |
Haiku
Haiku is a popular form of poetry that appeared in the sixteenth century in Japan. It's a contemplative poetry that usually honors nature. It draws contrasts and surprises readers. Usually it has 3 lines and 17 syllables, distributed in lines of 5, 7, and 5. It usually refers to a moment, sensation, impression or drama of a specific fact or nature. It's almost like a photo of some specific moment of nature.
Source: http://www.lsi.usp.br/usp/rod/poet/haiku.html
Examples of Haiku
The first snow!
Enough to bend the leaves
Of the jonquil low.
by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
A giant firefly:
that way, this way, that way, this --
and it passes by.
by Issa (1762-1826)
After killing
a spider, how lonely I feel
in the cold of night!
by Shiki (1867-1902)
Some Haiku By Students
Soft little droplets
Which quench mother nature's thirst
making the world green
by Kristen Armand
A gentle breeze blows
Taking the scent of a bud
Along for the ride.
by Samantha Keim
Source: http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr052.shtml
Limerick
A limerick is a five-line poem, with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming. Limericks are meant to be funny. The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."
A flea and a fly in a flue
Were caught, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "Let us flee."
"Let us fly," said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
-Anonymous
Acrostic Poems
These poems use the letters of your name to begin each line of poetry. Rhyming is not necessary, but a strong rhythm makes for a better poem.
Example for John Smith –
Joyful to be alive
One unique individual
Honorable father of five
Not noted to be a poet
Bio Pyramid
Person’s name
Two words describing the person
Three words describing the person’s childhood
Four words indicating a problem the person had to overcome
Five words stating one of his/her accomplishments
Six words stating a second accomplishment
Seven words stating a third accomplishment
8. ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Eight words stating how mankind benefited from his/her accomplishments
Download Worksheet Here
Sonnet
A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes. An Italian sonnet is split into two parts, an octave and a sestet. The octave is composed of two envelope quatrains rhyming "abba abba" (Italian octave). The sestet's rhyme pattern varies, though it is most often either "cde cde" (Italian sestet) or "cdc dcd" (Sicilian sestet). The turn occurs at the end of the octave and is developed and closed in the sestet.
Source: http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/sonnet.html
Example
My Mother
by Melissa McDowell, 7th grade
My mother is very special to me
I will never forget these things about her
There for me no matter what might occur
For mother of the year, she's my honoree
Even though her life is never low-key
If I need advice, to her I can refer
I feel so lucky to have a mom like her
One who tries to make my life so carefree
With my mom I feel a special bind
It has been there since a long time ago
It won't go away for as long as I live
My mom is definitely one of a kind
I want to tell her; I want her to know
I appreciate all the love that she gives
Source: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson016.shtml#sample
Free Verse
Free verse is a style of poetry that is based on cadences that are more irregular than those of traditional poetic meter. While traditional poetic forms are based on fixed stress-patterns and syllable counts, free verse is not constrained to use a fixed number of syllables for each line, and distributes its stress accents in irregular patterns. Free verse may or may not use rhyme. When it is used, it tends to follow a looser pattern than would be expected in formal verse.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse
Example
Free verse
My Poetry
by De Anna Jarrel, 8th grade
Poetry to me
Is not a matter of
Inspiration
Or ideas
Poetry is a way of
Life
In my youth
I have many questions
My poetry asks them
I have many passions
My poetry expresses them
I have many fears
My poetry shows them
I have many stories
My poetry tells them
I have many songs
My poetry sings them
My poetry breathes life
Into the words
And feelings
Floating around in my head
My poetry is beautiful
Because it is mine.
Source: http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson016.shtml#sample
3. Choose a font and word art style to reflect your personality and complete the list below:
These are a Few of My Favorite Things
1. Favorite year in school: _____ grade because __________________________
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2. Favorite field trip: When we went to __________________ because________________
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3. Lunch Menu Item: __________________________________
4. Favorite Subject: ________________________________
5. Favorite Extracurricular Activity (Sports, Drama Club, Battle of the Books, 8th Grade Play, Mad Science, Chess Club, etc.)
___________________________ because _____________________________________
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6. Favorite Prince of Peace Memory: _____________________________________
Download the Worksheet here
4. Create your memory page that will be published in the class book.
Complete your page for the memory book by creating a presentation that is uniquely you!
Using Microsoft Publisher you will create a one page publication about yourself.
Required elements:
1. Border
2. Full Name at the Top of Publication (As it would appear on your birth certificate)
3. Written Work (Previously Completed in steps 1 through 3)
4. Clip Art (Appropriate clip art that is meaningful)
5. 8th Grade Picture (Bring to computer lab and scan)
6. Publication will be saved on the H: drive into the “Memory Book” Folder using a save name format of “Last name, First”.
