Using Context Clues
and different types of poems
Context Clues
Context--the text around a particular word
Context Clues--Clues to the meaning of a particular word in the text around it
Types of Context Clues
1. synonym or definition: words that mean the same as the word you don't know
You must masticate, or chew, your food thoroughly, so you don't choke.
2. antonym: words that mean the opposite as the unfamiliar word
I wanted a dress that was periwinkle, not lavender.
Types of Context Clues
3. Explanation: words that give more information about the unfamiliar word
I came in the penultimate place in the race. But hey, it could have been worse. I could have been dead last.
4. sentence role: the way the word is used
The plant was clearly dead. Its desiccated look told me no one had watered it.
Fun Forms of Poetry!
"A good poem is a contribution to reality.
The world is never the same
once a good poem has been added to it.
A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe,
helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself
and the world around him."
-- Dylan Thomas
Haiku
Of Japanese origin
Usually about nature
Don’t have to rhyme!
3 lines-can be separate statements
or one long statement
Format: Line 1- 5 syllables
Line 2- 7 syllables
Line 3- 5 syllables
Haiku Examples
Procrastination.
Why today when tomorrow
I'll be freaking out?
~Anonymous
There is a journey,
And who is for the long road
Loves not to linger.
~E.E. Cummings
Concrete Poem
Doesn’t have to
rhyme!
No length
requirement!
The arrangement
of the words
conveys the poem’s
theme and intended effect.
Concrete Poem Examples
Acrostic Poems
First letter of each line forms a word of phrase
Usually done vertically
Acrostic Poem Example
Hockey is my favorite sport
On the ice or street
Cool and fun
Keep on playing
Exercise and stronger
You should try
Narrative Poem
Tells a story in verse
Has all the same things as a story:
characters
setting
conflict
plot
Lyric Poem
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker (the narrator of a poem)
creates a single, unified impression
Free Verse
Poetry with no rules!