The Motion of the Ocean Activity Book

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Table of Contents
1
Ocean Diagram & Ocean Facts

2
3

Haiku-

4
5

Limerick-

6
7

Free Verse-

Instructions
In this activity book you will do activities that combine
the topic of oceans with the creativity of poetry.

Diagram of the Ocean

http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/images/regions/continental.gif

Ocean Facts
Oceans cover about 70% of the surface of the Earth
The depth of the ocean varies-ocean trenches are very deepcontinental shelf is shallow

The basic motions of the ocean water-waves, currents, tides

As the depth of the ocean increases, the temperature decreases,
the pressure increases, and light decreases

Haiku
What is a haiku?
A traditional form of Japanese Poetry.
It has 3 lines:
o The first and last lines have 5 syllables
o The middle line has 7 syllables
The lines rarely rhyme.
Topic examples for Haikus:
o Animals
o Seasons

Here is a Haiku to help you remember:

http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/haiku.htm

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Write your own Haiku using what you know about oceans. Draw a picture describing
what you wrote underneath.

Haiku

Limerick
What is a limerick?
A silly poem with five lines.
How to write a limerick:
o The first, second and fifth lines rhyme with each other and
have the same number of syllables (typically 8 or 9)
o The third and fourth lines rhyme with each other and have
the same number of syllables (typically 5 or 6)
o

Here is an example of an 8, 8,5,5,8 syllable limerick:

STAR
By: Kaitlyn Guenther
There once was a wonderful star
Who thought she would go very far
Until she fell down
And looked like a clown
She knew she would never go far.

http://www.kidzone.ws/poetry/limerick.htm

Name: ___________________

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Write your own Limerick using what you know about oceans. Draw a picture
describing what you wrote underneath.

Limerick

Free Verse

How to write a free verse poem:

o

THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES!

Very simple to write, but yet very difficult because of the

freedom given to the writer

Be sure to use figurative language and sensory language to evoke

the emotion, the sound, and the feeling occurring in the poem
o

The words should sound like what they mean!!

Example:
Thrill Ride
Up. Up.
Click, click.
Wind blows
sharp in my ears.
My heart jumps. Skips.

Hands grasp at the clouds.

Then a forever pause. Still.
Waiting.
Finally. Whoosh!
Steep drop
down,
down,
down.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/blog/news/how-to-write-a-free-verse-poem/

Name: ___________________

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Write your own Free Verse Poem using what you know about oceans. Draw a picture
describing what you wrote underneath.

Free Verse