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Thanksgiving Poems
Go to http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/p-pilgrims-came.html-ssi to read the poem "Thanksgiving Time". Read the rhyming poem "Thanksgiving Time". 1. 2. Rhyming poems have words at the end of each line that sound alike. Choose one set of rhyming words in this poem. (Example: see and me) a. b. c. Number each line of the poem starting with the number 1. Look at the words that rhyme in the poem. Do you see a pattern? The pattern of a rhyming poem is called a rhyme scheme. Write a check next to the rhyme scheme this poem follows: ____ Lines 1 and 3 rhyme and lines 2 and 4 rhyme ____ Lines 1 and 2 rhyme and lines 3 and 4 rhyme ____ Lines 1 and 4 rhyme and lines 2 and 3 rhyme 3. 4. 5. This poem focuses on a specific aspect of Thanksgiving. What is this poem’s focus? Choose an aspect of Thanksgiving to be the focus of your poem. (Example: food, family, Native Americans, pilgrims, cornucopia, Autumn, etc) a. Brainstorm words that have to do with this aspect of Thanksgiving. Include at least two nouns, two adjectives and two verbs in your list of words. b. For each word, write at least two rhyming words.
Choose one of the rhyme schemes from 2c and words from your word bank of over 18 words to write your own rhyming, Thanksgiving poem.