There's an Alligator in My Pocket

Readers will read and understand that poetry does not have paragraphs. Poetry expresses feelings in a unique and creative way. Students will be able to realize that every poem has lines. They will understand the number of lines in a poem, as well as stanza, which represents a group of lines in a poem. After reading the poetry book "There's an Alligator in My Pocket", students will realize that every line in a poem begins with a capital letter. They will also comprehend that words that rhyme sound alike. They do not have be spelled the same, but they sound the same. Poetry often rhymes. Readers will be able to identify rhyme scheme. In poetry, a pattern is created and the words are arranged to fit into the pattern. The pattern of rhyming words in a poem creates a beat. This beat is the rhyme scheme. Letters are often stood for the rhyme scheme. For example, a for the first two lines that rhyme, b for the second, c for the third and etc. Students will learn to love reading poetry, especially when read out aloud.