✨Welcome to English Language Arts: Writing Clerihew Poetry!

Welcome to our self-paced clerihew poetry class! In this prerecorded class, students will have the flexibility to learn at their own pace while exploring the fun world of clerihew poems. Through three engaging videos and three hands-on activities, they will learn about rhyme patterns, adjectives, and how to write their very own clerihew poem. By the end of this week, they'll have at least one original clerihew to share! 

This is a self-paced version of our popular live class.  (Week 9, Third & Fourth Grade ELA)

Here's what learners will experience:

🔹 Video 1: Discover the History of Clerihews
      Students will learn about the origins of clerihews and the poet, Edmund Clerihew 
      Bentley, who created this humorous poetry form.

🔹 Activity 1: Understanding Rhyme Patterns
      Students will learn to identify rhyme patterns.

🔹 Video 2: The Power of Adjectives
      This video will teach students how adjectives add humor and life to their poems, helping 
      them make their subjects colorful and fun.

🔹 Activity 2: Adjective Fun
      Students will complete a creative activity to help them understand adjectives.

🔹 Video 3: Writing Your Clerihew
      In this video, students will learn how to brainstorm character ideas, find rhyming words, 
      and write a clerihew that is memorable and funny.

🔹 Activity 3: Write Your Clerihew
      The final activity gives students the opportunity to write their own clerihew poem using 
      everything they’ve learned about rhyme, adjectives, and structure. By the end of the 
      class, they will have at least one completed clerihew to share!

If you have any questions about this class, please reach out. We look forward to meeting your learner soon!✨