Do not use multiple fonts and graphics in the writing submitted for response. To insure that text received by Roxanne is readable, use plain text files that are part of the body of the e-mail message. Please remember to include the student's full name, age and grade level with each submission. Let's try something new this month, and use poetic expression to write in each of the four domains of writing that we've been working on all year. We'll concentrate on rhymed verse made of short, two-line stanzas, called couplets.
Couplets are fun and easy to write.
Once you get the hang of writing couplets, you can link several together to create longer pieces of poetry. Notice not only that the last word in each line rhymes, but that the poetry has a kind of musical beat, or rhythm to it. It has to do with the number of syllables in the lines, and where the accents are. If you listen carefully to the lines, you'll see that the number of syllables in each line is same, and that the accents alternate strong and weak. Here are some couplet first lines.