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2nd Grade Poetry

Pet show Answer these Questions the write a poem

1. What is your special pet's name? 2. Describe what your special pet looks like in 4-5 words 3. What is special about your pet- 6-8 words 4. How does your pet make you feel? 4-6 words 5. How do you feel about your special pet 4-6 words

find a picture on the internet that looks like your special pet and post it.

The Snowy Day First go outside and feel what its like- then come back and describe what you felt Descriptive Poem

One Noun Two Adjectives Three Verbs Four word sentence Synonym for the Noun

Then find a picture on the internet that describes how you feel

Limericks 5 lines Lines 1, 2 and 5 all rhyme. Line 3 and 4 are shorter and rhyme


 * 1) There once was a fellow named Tim (A)
 * 2) whose dad never taught him to swim. (A)
 * 3) He fell off a dock (B)
 * 4) and sunk like a rock. (B)
 * 5) And that was the end of him. (A)

There once was a young girl named Jill. Who was scared by the sight of a drill. She brushed every day So her dentist would say, “Your teeth are so perfect; no bill.”

There was an old man from Peru Who dreamed he was eating his shoe He awoke in the night with a terrible fright And found out that it was quite true.

Simile/ Metaphors

Simile compares two things using "like" or "as" The fog was like curtains The her smile was bright like the sun

Metaphor Compares two things with out using like

Its and oven out there Its pouring buckets out there

ONOMATOPOEIA Is using sound in your poem buzzzz zip splash pop pop crackle sizzle