Poetry Scavenger Hunt
ACTIVITIES:
Partners or Individual:
Go on a poetic scavenger hunt! Work cooperatively with a partner or small group
to search for answers to the following questions. Record the answers.
1.Describe the pattern for a
traditional Haiku poem.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/haiku.htm
2. How many lines are in a limerick?
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm
3. Read a poem that Robert Frost wrote.
4. Give an example of a couplet written by Ogden Nash.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/poeform.htm
5. Compare two acrostic poems. Tell how they are alike and different.
http://www.abcplace.com/poetry/acrostic.htm
6. Explain the poetic device, Alliteration.
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/allitera.htm
7. Give three examples of approximate rhyme.
http://www.sage5class.com/types_of_poetry.htm
8. Tell who (or what) is Mother Goose.
http://www.librarysupport.net/mothergoosesociety/
9. What well know poet wrote The Jabberwocky?
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/wonderland/jabberwocky.htm
10. Name two poems written by Edgar Allen Poe.
http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Work.html#Poetry