Model+and+Activity

= = == = **Cowardly Lion/ Abstract Noun Poem** = After reading over the two model poems in class, listening to the dramatic ( []), and going over the rhyme scheme of the two model poems:

1. // Pick // an abstract noun. You can choose an abstract noun that you feel you lack, if you’d like, or you can choose one at random. Refer to the list for any suggestions. 2. // Brainstorm // things that may have this quality or are examples of this noun. You can also choose a movie or book and use this noun to describe characters from the book or movie. a. example: What makes a snake slither in the stream? Bravery. b. Movie/book example: What makes Dorothy wear red shoes? Bravery. 3. // Record // anything that comes to mind. Note: not all of them have to make sense. There is no “ape” in apricot. 4. // Develop // a rhyme scheme. Begin to piece your ideas together so that they fall into the rhyme scheme of the model poems. 5. // Tweak // poem until it suits you. Add a title. 6. // Publish // poem.

Courage Courage. What makes a King out of a slave? Courage. What makes the flag on the mast to wave? Courage. What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage. What makes the Sphinx the 7th Wonder? Courage. What makes the dawn come up like THUNDER?! Courage. What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in ape-ricot? Whatta they got that I ain't got? Courage! []

My Model Poem based off of original