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Day 5 - Three Word Forms

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Three word forms are poems that tell a story with three words per line, e.g.

                  Walk, run, jog

                  run, jog, stop
                  jog, stop, start

Each line of the poem has only three words, with the last two words becoming the first two words in the next line.  In the poem, there will be a progress of images and a story will be told.

Directions: Create two three line poems.  Don't forget, in each new line of the poem, the words shift one space to the left and a new word is placed at the end.  Try for at least seven lines and make sure you have only three words per line! 


Student Examples:

MORNINGS

sleep, alarm, awake
alarm, awake, shower
awake, shower, clothes
shower, clothes, shoes
clothes, shoes, dog
shoes, dog, run
dog, run, breakfast
run, breakfast, sunrise
breakfast, sunrise, car
sunrise, car, work.
---Liam Neeson (Grade 8)
THE GAME

ball, snap, run
snap, run, tackle
run, tackle, sack
tackle, sack, pass
sack, pass, catch
pass, catch, 1st down
catch, 1st down, touchdown.
---Robert Newhart (Grade 7)

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