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Poetry Book Checklist

6th Grade Task Sheet

Name _____________________

Directions:  Your poetry book should be a collection of poems you enjoy and those you have written.  Please remember to list the author on each poem.  This checklist will help you to have a variety of poems in your book and will give you guidelines for the evaluation of your book.

_______        My poetry book includes at least two of the                         

        following types of poems.  (Circle those you

        have included)

  • Haiku
  • Limerick
  • Diamonte
  • Quatrain

_______        I have included a poem(s) with at least one of                

        the following pieces of figurative language.

        (Circle those you have included)

                        •similes

                        •metaphors

                        •personification

_______        In my book, I have included a sound poem                                using alliteration, rhythm, onomatopoeia, or repetition.

_______I have included at least one of the poems I have written from one of

            the following lessons:  What If, Insectlopedia, I Love You the Purplest,

           My 6-Room Poem, NATURE acrostic poem or Hailstones and Halibut  

           Bones.

_______        My book includes at least 3 poems from other                        poets, which I enjoy.  (Remember to include

        the author of the poems.)

Poetry Book Checklist

6th Grade Task Sheet

Name _____________________

Directions:  Your poetry book should be a collection of poems you enjoy and those you have written.  Please remember to list the author on each poem.  This checklist will help you to have a variety of poems in your book and will give you guidelines for the evaluation of your book.

_______        My poetry book includes at least two of the                         

        following types of poems.  (Circle those you

        have included)

  • Haiku
  • Limerick
  • Diamonte
  • Quatrain

_______        I have included a poem(s) with at least one of                

        the following pieces of figurative language.

        (Circle those you have included)

                        •similes

                        •metaphors

                        •personification

_______        In my book, I have included a sound poem                                using alliteration, rhythm, onomatopoeia,  or repetition.

_______I have included at least one of the poems I have written from one of

            the following lessons:  What If, Insectlopedia, I Love You the Purplest,

           My 6-Room Poem, NATURE acrostic poem or Hailstones and Halibut  

           Bones.

_______        My book includes at least 3 poems from other                        poets, which I enjoy.  (Remember to include

        the author of the poems.)