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TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures............................................................................................ Acknowledgements/Dedication............................................................... Introduction.............................................................................................. The Activities ................................................................................ Standards Addressed.................. Collaboration...................... How This Book Helps.................s Chapter One A, My Name is Alice: The Alphabet.............................. Picture Perfect Poems.................................................................... Acrostics........................................................................................ Acrostic books................................................................... Anagrams....................................................................................... Nonsense poems or foreign language poems................................ Chapter Two Count on Syllables......................................................... Haiku............................................................................................. Grow a Poe-tree................................................................ Pond Poems.................................................................................. Cinquains...................................................................................... Five Alive......................................................................... Wacky Web Tales......................................................................... Tanka............................................................................................. This Day............................................................................ Rhyme........................................................................................... Hear a Rhyme.................................................................... Rhyme Chime.................................................................... Resources............................................................... Computer Rhymes.............................................................. Resource................................................................ Rhyme Scheme Detectives................................................. Pick a Poem........................................................................ Predict-a-Rhyme................................................................. Chapter Three The Wonderful World of Words.................................. Word Choice................................................................................... Connotation Conundrum.................................................... Resources................................................................ Matching Meanings................................................ Where Do Words Come From? Etymology & Word Meanings..... In the Beginning................................................................... Etymology Forest.................................................................. Resources.............................................................................. Alliteration......................................................................................... Tongue Twisters..................................................................... Resources................................................................... Battle of the Tongues................................................. Rise and Fall.............................................................. Word Swap............................................................................. Assonance........................................................................................... Color Code It.......................................................................... Vowel Speak.......................................................................... Onomatopoeia.................................................................................... Name that Sound.................................................................... Resources............................................................................... Diamante............................................................................................ Batter Up!............................................................................... Computer Baseball................................................................. Reflection Poems................................................................... Diamond Graphics................................................................. Go Fly a Diamante!............................................................... Resources................................................................................ Style................................................................................................... Grammar Matters................................................................... Style Awhile........................................................................... The Fashion Runway.............................................................. Chapter Four A Turn of Phrase................................................................ Observe, Describe............................................................................... Concrete Poetry.................................................................................. Concrete ABC........................................................................ Poetry Room........................................................................... Really Concrete Poetry........................................................... Metaphor............................................................................................. Color Me Poetry..................................................................... Weather or Not....................................................................... Moonstruck......................................................................... Pop, Pop, Pop....................................................................... Simile.............................................................................................. It's Like This....................................................................... I Am.................................................................................... Like, As, Is.......................................................................... Personification................................................................................ In Living Color................................................................... Personification Improvisation............................................. Picture This.......................................................................... If I Were a. . . ...................................................................... Repetition.......................................................................................... I've Told You a Thousand Times.......................................... Echo....................................................................................... Potato Puppets....................................................................... Raining Refrains.................................................................... Chorus.................................................................................. Rhythm............................................................................................ I Got Rhythm....................................................................... Jump!................................................................................... Rap It Up............................................................................ Chapter Five I Think I Can, I Think I Can: Thoughts......................... Nursery Rhymes.............................................................................. Extra, Extra!........................................................................................ Teaching Tales.................................................................................... Teaching Tales II................................................................................. Word Order, Anyone?........................................................................ Narrative Poems and Choruses........................................................... Musical Stories....................................................................... Poetic History........................................................................ Celebrate the Day.................................................................. Chart the Story...................................................................... It's Story Time...................................................................... Dramatic Monologues...................................................................... Take a Letter........................................................................ Who's Who?........................................................................ Who Are These Guys?........................................................ Dramatization.................................................................................. Choral Reading..................................................................... Resources.................................................................. Reader's Theater.................................................................. Resources.................................................................. Full Dramatization................................................................ Resources.................................................................. Chapter Six I Feel Pretty: Feelings........................................................ Happiness.......................................................................................... Sadness............................................................................................. Loneliness........................................................................................ Anger............................................................................................... Peacefulness.................................................................................... Hope................................................................................................. Fear.................................................................................................. Confidence....................................................................................... Like/Love......................................................................................... Dislike/Hate...................................................................................... Mood Quilt....................................................................................... Opposing Moods............................................................................... In the Mood....................................................................................... Emotion Motion................................................................................ Emotional Temperature.................................................................... Happiness Scale................................................................................ Emote Yourself................................................................................. Happiness.............................................................................. Sadness.................................................................................. Loneliness.............................................................................. Anger..................................................................................... Peacefulness.......................................................................... Hope....................................................................................... Fear....................................................................................... Confidence............................................................................ Like/Love.............................................................................. Dislike/Hate........................................................................... Glossary........................................................................................................ Bibliography................................................................................................. Resources to use with Students........................................................... Resources for the Library Media Specialist and Teacher................... Web sites.............................................................................................. Author/Title Index......................................................................................... Subject Index................................................................................................. About the Author............................................................................................
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