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What is a Riddle Poem?
I like to feel it Firm and cool-And Round beneath my feet
It’s one of hundreds shoulderingA long-enduring street.
I like to muse who felt it first-And why They trod, and when,To fit in patterns-edge to edge-The paths from Now to Then.
Ruth Tenzer Feldman
Cobblestone
What am I?
Writing a Riddle Poem
Getting Started Choose an answer Brainstorm Use a thesaurus Think like the object Use figurative language
Step 1: Begin with your answer or topic
Your topic can be concrete like a desk, a car, or even a person. You can also choose something abstract
like happiness or peace
Step 2: BrainstormCreate a list of words and ideas related
to and associated with your topic.Think with all your senses: where do you see, hear, smell, taste and touch things
related to your topic?
Example: waterClouds, wet, rain, liquid, fish, stream, river,
lake, pool, pond, swimming, ocean, ice, glacier, steam, snow, boats, sailing
Also think of words or ideas that are
opposite or opposed to your
topic
Example: WaterEarth, fire, dry, air
Choose some words you brainstormed and look up their synonyms in a
thesaurus. Look up synonyms for your topic
tooUse a rhyming dictionary
to look up words that rhyme with the ones in
your list
Think like the object: Try describing the world from the object’s point of view. What do
you see, hear, feel? What do you do? What do you like?
What would a river think?I run downhill
I make canyonsFish live in me
Try using figurative language:
Describe your topic using figurative language to give
cluesSimile: Pools that reflect like mirrors
Metaphor: Streams are fish roads
Personification: The rain played a steady beat
DraftingOnce you’ve gathered your notes, you’re ready to begin a draft. How should weStart?
Let’s start with the ideas of water cutting canyons
and reflecting like a mirror
I am like a mirror when I’m still
I am stronger than stone when I move
Sounds good but bland. Try playing
with the word orderStill, I am like a mirror
Fast, I’m stronger than stone
Now use your brainstorm to add different poetic
elements like personification,
metaphors, and maybe even rhymeTry different line and word
combinations. Sometimes even the slightest change can make
a big difference. Read your poem aloud and play with the words and order until it makes
sense and sounds right.
Publishing Your Final Draft
Publish your poem in a creative wayUse form and shape the poem like
its topicUse a creative background that
doubles as a clueDraw a picture to go with your poemMake an audio recording of your
poem
Have students generate a rubric for the assignment. Include an explanation of
the poetic elements in their poems and how they
used them
Have a poetry reading and invite parents, administrators, other classes and outside guests. Have the audience try to guess the riddle. Display the poems in your classroom and school building
Thoughts and Questions
Should students work independently or in groups?
What are some other follow-up activities?How should I differentiate the lesson for
students at various levels?How can I integrate this lesson to other
subject areas?How can I introduce different types of
poetry into the lesson?How can I use this with different genres
of literature?
Bibliography
Feldman, Ruth Tenzer. “Guess What” Cobblestone, March 1995, 24-25 Claggett, Fran, Louann Reid and Ruth Vinz. Daybook of critical Reading and Writing. Wilmington, Massachusetts: Great Source Education Group, 1999 Writing Riddle Poems. NCTE/IRA, marcopolo. 2003; cited July, 2004 http://www.readwrtiethink.org Zemelman, Steven and Harvey Daniels. A Community of Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1988 Caravia, Lori. Riddle Poem. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, November 6, 1997; cited July, 2004 http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/97-98/97-98_units/97-98mini- unit/LCaravia Miller, Carol Rawlings. 50 Writing Lessons That Work. New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1999 My Students and My Collegues. Western Hills Middle School. Cranston, Rhode Island: 1999-2004
Thank You!
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