Writing+Poems

=If I were and If you were ...Poems= Reference [|Reference 2]

The If-You-Were and If-I-Were Poems consist of 4 lines ([|quatrain]) and 2 rhymes (lines 2 & 4). Each poem contains 2 comparisons ([|metaphor]), one for the “I” of the poem and one for the “you.”

Task Steps:

 * 1) Brainstorm with your partner by first thinking of a person you like
 * 2) Compare that person to something (inanimate object) //...If you were a scoop of ice cream//
 * 3) Now compare yourself to some thing associated with the first object //... And I were an ice cream cone,//
 * 4) Create a comparison for "I" //... I’d put you on my shoulders//
 * 5) Create a comparison for "you" //... And hold you for my own.//
 * 6) Finalize your poem with your partner (Remember to have fun!)
 * 7) Each of you will now place the poem on your wiki space
 * 8) Click on the link to your wiki and create a 'New Page' titled **'Poem'** (Left Menu under 'Actions')
 * 9) Format the title **'If I were and If you were...Poem'** with 'Heading 1'
 * 10) Add a date of creation
 * 11) Add DMESC Roadshow
 * 12) Give yourself and your partner credit. Please use first names only.
 * 13) Enter your poem following the format in the examples
 * 14) Use bold formatting on **'If you were' & And I were'**
 * 15) Don't forget the commas and periods

An examples:
I’d read as slow as I could go, So I never would get through. || ....... || **If you were** my present on Christmas Eve, I would tie you up so tightly, And never let you go. ||
 * **If you were** the pages of my book,
 * And I were** reading you,
 * And I were** the big red bow,


 * Pair #1:** Hello we are //Participant01// and //[|Participant02]// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #2:** Hello we are //Participant03// and //Participant04// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #3:** Hello we are //Participant05// and //Participant06// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #4:** Hello we are //Participant07// and //Participant08// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #5:** Hello we are //Participant09// and //Participant10// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #6:** Hello we are //Participant11// and //Paricipant12// from ////; this is our poem.


 * Pair #7:** Hello we are //Participant13// and //Paritcipant14// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #8:** Hello we are //Participant15// and //Participant16// from //// this is our poem.


 * Pair #9:** Hello we are //Participant17// and //Participant18// from //;// this is our poem.


 * Pair #10:** Hello we are //Participant19// and //Participant20// from //;// this is our poem.

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