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Snowflakes are our friends,

They descend when winter comes,

Making white blankets.

By: Olivia

Definition – A Japanese poem written in 17 syllables divided into three lines. The first line consists of 5 syllables, the second 

consist of 7 and the final line has another 5 syllables. The verses do not need to rhyme and traditionally are focused on nature. 

How to create a Haiku Poem:

Line 1 – 5 syllables

Line 2 – 7 syllables

Line 3- 5   syllables

Skill/Strategy: Talking about syllables would be good to implement, as the students will need to know what syllables are and 

how you determine how many there are in a word. 

Resources:

1.http://www.pbs.org/parents/creativity/ideas/haiku.html

This is an interactive site where students can create their own Haiku poems. It provides the students with the correct format 

and the students have a choice of words to choose from to create their own poem. 

2.http://www.educational-freeware.com/news/haiku-poems.aspx

This is an internet site where students can play games to test their writing skills by creating more Haiku poems. 

Star

By: Kaitlyn Guenther

There once was a wonderful star

Who thought she would go very far

Until she fell down

And looked like a clown

She knew she would never go far

Definition – Limerick poems are five line poems and typically humorous. Lines 1,2 and 5 consist 

between seven and ten syllables and they rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 entail of five to 

seven syllables and they rhyme with each other. Limerick poems have a “AABBA” format. 

How to create a Limerick poem:

Line 1 – seven to ten syllables also rhyming with lines 2 and 5

Line 2 – seven to ten syllables also rhyming with lines 1 and 5

Line 3 – five to seven syllables also rhyming with line 4

Line 4 – five to seven syllables also rhyming with line 3

Line 5 – seven to ten syllables also rhyming with lines 1 and 2

Skill/Strategy: Skill or strategy that could be implemented in this lesson type could include 

working with rhyming words. The students will learn what it takes for words to rhyme. 

Resources: 

1.     http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

This internet site allows students to see more examples of limerick poems as well as braking 

down the poems by the definition.

2.     http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/m-limerick.htm

Students are able to see the format of a limerick poem as well several examples.

Pizzas 

By: Harri

Perfect, pepperoni pizzas 

Incredible icky gooey cheese 

Zig zagging cuts deep in volcanic steam 

Zillions of people love them 

As hot as a boiling pot of steam 

Spicy as the hottest mustard

Definition – An acrostic poem is when the first letters spell out a word or phrase. The word or phrase does 

not have to come only from the first letter; it can also be the last letter or another letter. 

How to create an Acrostic poem: Each of the letters will be the starting letter for each phrase. All of the 

phrases will be about the word of phrase that it spells out (Poem).

P – This phrase will begin with the letter P and will be about poems

O – This phrase will begin with the letter O and will be about poems

E – This phrase will begin with the letter E and will be about poems

M – This phrase will begin with the letter M and will be about poems

Skills/Strategy: A strategy students can work on when writing this type of poem could be that the first word 

in an idea of sentence will always start with a capital letter. This is important as students will learn to 

capitalize the beginning letter and for writing this type of poem will require the first word to be capitalized as 

well.  

Resources:

1.http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/lessons/how-to-write-an-acrostic-poem/

This site shows students the steps on making an Acrostic poem. Students can visually see how to make a 

poem. 

2.http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

This site will help students build their own Acrostic poem.

Song of Myself

by: Walt Whitman

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume,

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

I loaf and invite my soul,

I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer 

grass.

Definition: A free verse poem has no set format and does not have to rhyme. It does however need 

to have a natural rhythm. 

How to create a free verse poem:

1.     Pick a topic that you know and would like to write about. 

2.     It is possible that you may want to write ideas down before putting it in poem format. 

3.     Put all the ideas together in a flowing format. 

Skills/Strategy: When teaching this type of poem you could decide to have the students focus on 

using words that have suffixes. Because this type of poem has no set rules or format, you can ask 

students to include particular words such as words containing suffixes. 

Resources:

1.http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/poetry/free_verse.html

Here students will be able to read examples of free verse poems as well as write their own.

2.http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hickey/freeexamples.htm

Students will be able to read other examples written by students.

Mom and Dad Are Home

Slam! Slam!

Go the car doors.  

Jangle! Jangle!

Go the house keys.

Jiggle! Jiggle!

Go the keys in the door.

Squeak!

Goes the front door! 

Thump! Thump!

That is me running down the stairs.

Guess what?

Mom and Dad are home!!

Definition: A poem containing words that imitate the source of the sound it describes, surrounds 

theme and does not need to rhyme (example: frog sound=ribbit). The use of these words helps the 

reader imagine what is going on. When this type of poem is read aloud, the onomatopoeia words 

are not read, the sound is done instead. 

How to create an Onomatopoeia Poem: Select a theme and incorporate onomatopoeia words 

throughout that will create a visualization for the reader. 

Skills/Strategies: Word Choice. Students will learn about and use onomatopoeias. Students will 

learn that these words are imitations for the sound that it describes. 

Resources: 

1.http://www.squidoo.com/examples-of-onomatopoeia-poetry

Students can use this website to find examples of this type of poem and can hear them read as 

most contain audio tracks. 

2.http://www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/examples/word-games/

This is a website containing a game that students can play hangman where the words are only 

onomatopoeia words. 

My Junk Drawer 

As I struggle to open the drawer, 

I find: 

4 novels ( unread), 

20 batteries (dead), 

100 feet of wire, 

20 pieces of an electric train set, 

1 polyester shirt I got last Christmas, 

3 workbooks from fifth grade, 

and the reason I can hardly open it: 

clay

Definition: A list poem is a list of words related to a specific topic or idea. List poems can rhyme or not, 

will usually not have transitional words or phrases and each line may contain many words or just one. 

How to create a list poem: 

Title or Beginning 

List

List

List

List

Ending 

A list poem may contain any number of lines. 

Skills/Strategies: A skill or strategy that can be taught alongside this type of poem could include students 

working on using writing format. Students will remember to have a beginning, a middle and an end to their 

writing. 

Resources: 

1.http://www.poetrysoup.com/forms_of_poetry/L#List 

This website contains definitions and examples of many different poem types. Students can see the work of 

others and may upload their own if they please. 

2.http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/poetry.htm

This website contains many examples of list poems. It also provides many themes that the students can 

use to create their poem. 

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