Picture Poetry Assignment
Find a photograph and follow the assignment below
For each of
the following questions, make a list of at least FIVE IDEAS :
List 1: What kinds of things might be happening or
have happened to the people in your picture?
List 2: What sounds might the people in your picture
be hearing?
List 3: What smells might the people in your
picture be experiencing?
List 4: How are the people in your picture
feeling? What are their thoughts and emotions?
List 5: What does the picture make you wonder or think? What does it make you feel?
List 6: What tastes might the people in your picture
be experiencing?
List 7: Tell about the person’s life experiences?
List 8: What could the setting of your
picture be (where are they)?
Now look at your brainstorming list and select only the BEST ideas from each
question. Using the ideas that will best help your reader see the image in your
picture, create the lines of your imagery poem.
Your
poem should be at least 20 lines
long. To make your poem great, check the Mastery
Poetry Description as you write and
include everything from the description in your poem.
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Mastery Poetry Description
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Ideas
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Poem uses metaphor to look at the ideas in a new way.
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Ideas are insightful, fresh and original.
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Ideas should be meaningful and important to the
author and the reader.
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Organization
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Lines and stanzas are organized effectively with
purpose.
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Open verse only allowed.
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Voice
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Effectively uses poetic elements such as metaphor,
symbolism, personification, etc. to connect with audience.
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Effectively uses sensory details and imagery.
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Writing is honest, personal, and engaging.
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Word
Choice
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Uses lively verbs and specific nouns for detail and
description.
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Striking words and phrases create imagery.
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Every word has a purpose and is necessary to the poem
– BE CONCISE.
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Sentence
Fluency
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Sentences, including the beginnings are purposeful
and varied.
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The writing flows well.
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Conventions
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Spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization are
appropriate for the presentation of the poem.
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