Five Senses Poetry

1. Five Senses Poetry Mandi Barrett & Jennifer CarterECED 4300BDr. Tonja RootSpring 20095th Grade

2. Stages of Writing, GPS, and PLO Jennifer Carter Stage of Writing: Prewriting GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. PLANS and drafts independently and resourcefully. PLO: The student will take notes on a graphic organizer to write a five senses poem.

3. What is Five Senses Poetry? • Also known as sensory poetry • Poems written using five senses to describe your topic • sight, taste, touch, smell, hear • Choose any topic • object, special occasion, season, etc. • Five sentences long, with one line for each sense Tompkins, G.E., (2009). Language arts: Patterns of practice (7th ed.). Merrill.

4. Prewriting • “Prewriting is the getting-ready-to-write stage.” (Tompkins, pg. 84) • Get ideas of what you want to write about. • Use graphic organizer to get ideas on paper • Do not use complete sentences.

5. Graphic Organizer Metzger, D (2003/7/25). 5 Senses Poem-Graphic Organizer. Retrived April 5, 2009, from 5 Senses Poem Website: http://portfolio.washington.edu/dmetzge1/uwtep/43363.html

6. Example ProblemsProblems are black.They sound like children crying.They taste of castor oiland smell like spinach.They make you feel unwanted. Five Senses Poetry. (2002). Retrieved April 5, 2009, from Five Senses Poetry Website: http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall02/Poetry%20Webquest/fivesensespoetry.html.

7. Example EscapeBoredom has no color-it is invisible.It has no sound,and it tastes like garlic salt.Boredom smells like dust centuries old.Boredom feels like numbness.

8. Example SatisfactionPeace is a rainbow of color.It smells like a rose,and it tastes like sugar.Peace sounds like a bluebirdand feels like a handshake. Five Senses Poetry. Retrieved April 6, 2009, from Five Senses Poetry website Web site: http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall02/Poetry%20Webquest/fivesensespoetry.html

9. Practice Activity • Complete graphic organizer using the topic (strawberries) • You will have five minutes to brainstorm ideas • What it tastes like, looks like, smell like, sounds like, and feels like

10. Assessment • Students will take notes using graphic organizer • Topic given (seasons)

11. Stages of Writing, GPS, and PLO Mandi Barrett Stage of Writing: Prewriting GPS: ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and DRAFTS independently and resourcefully. PLO: The student will write a five senses poem using their graphic organizer.

12. What is Five Senses Poetry? • Also known as sensory poetry • Poems written using five senses to describe your topic • sight, taste, touch, smell, hear • Choose any topic • object, special occasion, season, etc. • Five sentences long, with one line for each sense Tompkins, G.E., (2009). Language arts: Patterns of practice (7th ed.). Merrill.

13. Drafting • Put ideas on paper • Doesn’t matter if we make mistakes • we will use the same graphic organizer as before

14. Example Fruits Fruits are describe how it look Fruits smell describe how it smells Fruitsfeel describe how it feels Fruits sound describe how it sounds to eat it. Fruitstaste describe how it tastes. Five Senses Poem. Retrieved April 6, 2009, from Five Senses Poem Web site: http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/Poetry/2nd%20Grade/5%20Senses%20%20Poem.htm

15. Practice Activity • class will write a rough draft poem together • Use graphic organizer to help • Make sure to use all five senses

16. Assessment • Students will write their own rough draft of a five senses poem. • Topic is seasons