Composition: Poetry Competition (Monday; 17/5)

K: Know the genres of poems.

U: Understand the features of a poem.

D: Write a poem for the poetry competition.

Cempaka E-Poetry Competition Rules: Junior Category 3 - Upper Primary (Year 5 and Year 6)

1. This competition is open to all participants.

2. There is 1 theme for this category:

Weathering the Storm

3. You are encouraged to write your poem in any poetic genre that you wish.

4. You can be creative in reciting your poem! There are many ways for you to submit your poem to the respective teacher in charge:

i - You can send your PDF document to the Assignment Section in Schoology. Your poem can be written in Google Doc or Microsoft Word.

ii - You can send a video of your poem recitation to the Assignment Section in Schoology.

5. There will be 3 rounds.

6. For Round 1, it is due next Friday (11/6). Please write the sentence below in your HW Journal:

Poetry Competition. Due: Monday (11/6)

The Many Types of Poems

For poems, some need to have a rhyming sequence where others don't. Here are some great genres of poems that you can use! 

Remember: While these are the best suggested options, you can still write your poem based on any genre you wish such as haiku or sonnet.

Limerick

A limerick is a silly poem with five lines.  They are often funny or nonsensical. Below are the rules of a limerick:

The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9).

The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6).

Limericks often start with the line "There once was a..." or "There was a..."

Acrostic

Each acrostic poem has a topic idea running down the left side of the poem. The topic has to be relevant to the assigned word or sentence.

Free Verse

Good news: It doesn't have a general rhyming or syllable rule.

Not-so good news: You are required to think and be super creative in creating a beautiful poem.

Carefully chosen words can help you create a poem that sounds like the situation, emotion, or object you are trying to portray. You can use alliteration and personification to get your feelings across in your poem.

 

The Topic

Weathering the Storm

When you see this sentence, what do you think? What is the first thing that comes into mind? Are you thinking about the literal weather? Or do you perhaps think about the emotions that run through like a storm in you?

All the best, students!