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by betsy franco new york · toronto · london · auckland · sydney mexico city · new delhi · hong kong · buenos aires instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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for lillian scholastic inc grants teachers permission to photocopy the reproducible pages from this book for classroom use no other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without written permission of the publisher for information regarding permission write to scholastic inc 557 broadway new york ny 10012 cover design by jason robinson interior design by sydney wright interior illustrations by maxie chambliss james graham hale and sydney wright isbn-13 978-0-439-57629-1 isbn-10 0-439-57629-6 copyright © 2008 by betsy franco published by scholastic inc all rights reserved printed in the u.s.a 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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contents introduction .4 using the frames in your classroom .6 connections to the language arts standards .6 poetry frames homes in a neighborhood .8 opposites someone i know .27 describing a person our classroom community .28 using names the playground scene .29 tapping the senses good-bye party .30 alliteration what i like about my neighborhood .9 surprising images the place where i live .31 using details in my silly backward neighborhood .10 playing with words my community is a quilt .32 using metaphor to compare the neighborhood in [season .11 personification my favorite place .33 from story to poem neighborhood limerick .12 limerick shapes in the community .34 math in poetry out my window .13 looking closely zipping around town .35 made-up words walking down the street .14 visual poem thank you community helpers .36 writing thank-you notes animal acrostic .15 acrostic community helper riddle .37 writing riddles day and night .16 painting a picture what will the mail carrier deliver .38 daydreaming neighborhood nature haiku .17 poetic magnifying glass in the library at night .39 fantasy at the park .18 rhyming couplets with action words our ice cream store .40 tickle-your-tongue describing words come visit the farm .19 unusual words lively pet store scene .41 describing by telling actions sounds in the city .20 using sounds the parade .42 onomatopoeia counting in the neighborhood .21 counting poem hey community .43 having a conversation the sidewalk speaks .22 something comes alive long ago .44 using facts the neighborhood news .23 action-packed headlines building my perfect community .45 giving directions the mixed-up neighborhood .24 playing with words imagine .46 gratitude my neighborhood .25 diamante in the future .47 stretching the imagination my family tree .26 visual poetry instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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introduction i n instant poetry frames neighborhood community primary poets are encouraged to flex their creativity muscles and stretch their poetry skills all this is done in the context of fun-filled engaging poetry frames and starters that ensure success for everyone the poetry frames in this book focus on the neighborhood and community so they fit right into your curriculum with no effort on your part they are perfect for introducing teaching and reinforcing concepts your students are already studying the interesting and unique formats of the frames help children explore the concept of neighborhood from fall to summer city to farm day to night and tiniest bug on the sidewalk to biggest homes on the block the poetry frames about the community help children recognize the many different communities in their world family class school and the wider community additionally the poetry frames vary in complexity and in the amount of student participation allowing you to individualize instruction children are asked to add only a word or short phrase in some frames while they write the entire poem in others what are poetry frames poetry frames are quick and easy reproducible invitations into the world of poetry they are simple unfinished poems that invite students to complete them some have missing words or phrases others consist of blank lines with helpful questions and tips all of the frames included in this collection give children the comfort of writing within a structure they also provide visual clues to help young poets brainstorm ideas and illustrate their own poetry why use poetry frames to build writing skills and meet the language arts standards confidence makes all the difference when a child is writing poetry the structure of poetry frames gives students the support they need while developing a wide range of writing skills frames motivate young poets not only to write but also to keep writing using them helps children to write in a variety of poetry forms organize their ideas sequence events use pictures to describe text focus on specific parts of speech apply mechanical conventions to their writing to present a variety of poetic forms in this collection you ll find formal and informal poetic forms including riddles limericks haiku and acrostic poems there are also engaging frames for writing list poems rhyming couplets visual or concrete poems and poems that give directions write for a variety of purposes to entertain inform explain and describe edit and publish their work use prewriting strategies to plan written work and much more 4 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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to individualize instruction the different frames require varying degrees of participation from students some ask children to fill in words and others invite them to write an entire poem this variation allows you to individualize instruction because it enables everyone to participate at his or her own level to encourage self-expression using poetry frames enables students to share their preferences opinions feelings and imaginations about their neighborhoods and communities children are for example encouraged to write about where they live describe what they see out their window explore the places and activities in their community and tell how to build their perfect community in addition students are invited to use their imagination and creativity to write about things such as a silly backward neighborhood or what happens when book characters come to life in the library the frames also guide children in writing about the people around them their family neighbors friends and community workers as they develop and personalize the poems students can explore their lives and cultures share details about their experiences and express their imaginations to introduce basic elements of poetry elements or poetic language are purposely interwoven throughout this book examples of personification metaphor simile onomatopoeia alliteration and neologisms made-up words are included students are invited to use fun action words and interesting describing words to paint pictures with their language they are also encouraged to play with different parts of speech naming words nouns describing words adjectives and action words verbs to build awareness of rhyme rhythm and repetition poetry frames are simply poems that need to be finished they are structured so that they will be fun to write and read aloud when completed they often have a pattern of repeated phrase or rhyming couplets or quatrains to begin and end poems some poems rhyme throughout but in most cases children don t have to worry about the rhyming they can just enjoy reading their poems after completing them to integrate language arts math and science into your social studies curriculum all the poetry frames connect language arts to your social studies topics in addition some poems reinforce math skills such as counting and 3-d shapes while focusing on concepts related to neighborhood and community other poems encourage students to incorporate science concepts as they write about seasons animals and building a perfect community 5 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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using the frames in your classroom each poem can be written individually with partners or as a class collaboration here s how you might use the frames with children 1 copy the frame of your choice for each student introduce the frame with the group before children begin review the directions together and write an example as a class 2 provide students with a copy of the reproducible frame and have them use pencils and crayons or markers to fill it in 3 circulate around the room to check that each child is engaged helping to brainstorm when needed after poems are completed celebrate kids efforts by inviting them to share their poem with a partner or a small group read their poem to the class or to an older buddy copy their poem onto a blank sheet of paper and illustrate it as part of a display make their poems into a class collaborative book for the classroom library display their poems on bulletin boards take home and share their poems with families write their poems on blank strips display them in a pocket chart and chant them with the class act out their poems create their very own anthologies by binding all their poems together hold a poetry reading in which each child reads his or her poem to the whole class connections to the language arts standards the activities in this book are designed to support you in meeting the following standards outlined by mid-continent research for education and learning mcrel an organization that collects and synthesizes national and state standards uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process · uses writing and other methods e.g using letters or phonetically spelled words telling dictating making lists to describe familiar persons places objects or experiences · writes in a variety of forms or genres · writes for different purposes to entertain inform learn communicate ideas uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing · uses descriptive words to convey clarify and enhance ideas · uses a variety of sentence structures in writing uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions · uses conventions of print in writing upper and lowercase letters spaces between words writes from left-to-right and top-to-bottom · uses complete sentences · uses nouns verbs adjectives and adverbs in writing · uses conventions of spelling in writing spells high frequency commonly misspelled words from appropriate grade-level list spells phonetically regular words uses letter-sound relationships spells basic short vowel long vowel r-controlled and consonant blend patterns · uses conventions of capitalization and punctuation in writing uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process · uses mental images based on pictures and print to aid in comprehension of text · uses basic elements of phonetic analysis common letter sound relationships beginning and ending consonants vowel sounds blends word patterns to decode unknown words · uses basic elements of structural analysis syllables compound words spelling patterns to decode unknown words · understands level-appropriate sight words and vocabulary · uses self-correction strategies searches for cues identifies miscues rereads asks for help · reads aloud familiar stories poems and passages with fluency and expression · understands the ways in which language is used in literary texts personification alliteration onomatopoeia simile metaphor imagery rhythm source kendall j s marzano r j 2004 content knowledge a compendium of standards and benchmarks for k­12 education aurora co mid-continent research for education and learning online database http www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks 6 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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a neighborhood has many kinds of homes finish this poem about homes use opposites or words that are different from each other homes in a neighborhood homes can be homes can be small homes can be homes can be wide black or wooden or old or cozy inside on water on near near with with with a sidewalk outside with a pet or with no pet with trees with no trees your home is your home sun up to sunset by 8 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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what do you like about your neighborhood describe what you like about it surprise the reader by what you say example when it s fall the brown shriveled leaves talk to me when the crows caw my neighborhood is a lush rainforest to help you be surprising include one of the seasons of the year the name of a neighbor a form of transportation a color a sound a bug or animal what i like about my neighborhood when when when when when by instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources 9

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a list poem is made up of an interesting list of descriptions or events write a list poem about a silly backward neighborhood example in my silly backward neighborhood the mice get together and chase the cats and the trees and flowers grow roots for hats use the questions in the box to get you thinking what do the bugs and animals do what happens in different seasons how do kids ride their bikes how do the houses and yards look in my silly backward neighborhood in my silly backward neighborhood adults wear pajamas all day long and the teachers love when our answers are wrong the roofs of the houses are on the ground and the balls bounce up but never down by 10 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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most neighborhoods change in every season choose a season write about your neighborhood in that season write the name of the season in the title and on the short lines of the poem example i am the neighborhood in fall i am the leaves flipping and twirling like acrobats you can use the questions in the box to get you thinking what do you see in this season what colors do you see what things do you smell what do kids play what do adults do what does nature do the neighborhood in i am the neighborhood in i am the i am the i am the i am the i am the i am the neighborhood every by instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources 11

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the poem in the box is called a limerick the three underlined words rhyme the two short lines also rhyme write a limerick about your neighborhood 1 write girl or boy in the first blank 2 write a street name in the second blank 3 follow the rhyme pattern of a limerick to fill in the lines 4 draw a picture to go with your limerick a young girl from hillberry road caught a very big warty toad the toad was so nice she didn t think twice she went back and got a carload neighborhood limerick a young from street by 12 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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poets look at and listen to things very carefully look out the window at home or school what do you see what do you hear use details to write a poem about what you see and hear example out my window i can see white dandelion parachutes blowing in the wind out my window out my window i can see that s what you d see if you were me out my window i can hear that s what you d hear if you used my ears that s what you d hear and that s what you d see if you looked out my window so carefully by instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources 13

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a poem can be a list of words arranged in an interesting way write the names of things you might see as you walk around your neighborhood write the words on the streets in the picture examples stones cracks in the sidewalk roly-poly bugs walking down the street by 14 instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources

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in an acrostic poem the first letter of each line is used to spell out a special word this is an acrostic poem that uses the word fish fins in water scales hiding at the bottom write an acrostic poem about your favorite animal in the neighborhood use each letter in its name to start a line in the poem animal acrostic by instant poetry frames neighborhood community © 2008 by betsy franco scholastic teaching resources 15

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