Caribbean School Poetry

Fifth Grade Vocabulary #3

Ms. Claudia P. Reading IIP IT

ambitious memorize satisfaction shudder

memorize satisfaction
1. __________________________: learn something 3. __________________________: feel pleased when
by heart you achieve something

2. __________________________:
shudder shake of tremble ambitious
4. __________________________: have a strong
from fear or cold desire to succeed at something

narrative poem One Day

• It has a plot
• It has one or more characters.
• It has a setting.
• It has a problem and a solution.
By Amy LV
It was a deep August day
on damp creek soil
jut me, my sister,
and a long roll of foil.
I folded tiny, shiny ships.
She made a long canoe.
We built bridges, dams, and docks
for our salamander crew.
Each salamander silver-sailed,
winking in the sun.

If I could live one day again

this would be the one.

Car Sick
repetition: By Amy LV
• when words of phrases are written several
times I’m car sick.
Open a window.
I’m car sick.
Take this pill.
I’m car sick.
Rest your eyes.
I’m car sick.
Shhh. Be still.
I’m car sick.
Drink some ginger ale.
I’m car sick.
Can you try to wait?
I’m car sick.
Now we’re almost there.
I feel better.
Darn! Too late.

free verse: theme:

shares ideas and feelings instead of rhyme what the poem is trying to emphasize