My African Praise poem

African Praise Poem.

How do I feel about myself?

The African culture is steeped in oral tradition, and the traditional way

for Africans to introduce themselves in a new situation.

IALT write a traditional Praise Poem, to introduce myself to the class.

Success Criteria:

I will explore the subject of African praise poetry,

I will take risks, and use imagery to reveal myself in poetic form.

I will follow the structure of a typical African Praise poem.

I will perform my poem to an audience, maybe using drums.

Structure:

Line 1 -        Introducing myself.

Line 2 –           Introduction to my family and heritage.
Line 3 -        Animal metaphor
Line 4 –         Nature metaphor
Line 5 –         Personality and Qualities
Chorus -           Refrain describing my talents, co-written by my peers.

I found it tricky find descriptive words for my Praise poem. But it was easy choosing the Refrain. Next i want to work on something more challenging to post.

Welcome to my Blog

Hi my name is Rebeca.  I go to Elm Park School.I'm in room 19 with Mrs. Taljaard and she is really fun.  Almost everyday I come to school with a big smile on my face.  I'm really keen to become a school Councillor & a House Captain.  I'm very excited about camp and all the fun activities.  I'm looking forward to having visitors on my blog and hope to see lots of comments.


I'm exited about this year because in year 6 everything is more challenging and that makes it really fun to learn new things.  I hope we have more trips than last year  i heard about the dinner and dance and i'm really exited about it.



                 
                     ~ Becca ~