Complete 4 acrostic poems started in class today.
Complete Poetry Planning Packet started in class today. The packet is posted below.
Read and label the rhyme scheme in each of the following Shel Silverstein poems:
Sick Pirate Captain Jim The Unicorn Boa Constrictor Won't You? Alice Poetry Notes and Classwork from today are posted below. Rhyme the repetition of sound at the end of nearby words Rhyme scheme the pattern the rhyme follows in a poem Stanza a group of lines in a poem this is similar to a paragraph Three common rhyme schems A. A. A. A. B. B. B. A. B. B. B. A. Types of stanzas couplet 2 lines Tercet 3 lines Quatrain 4 lines Quintain 5 lines Sestet 6 lines Disaster packets with completed essays were due today.
Poetry Notes from Wednesday: Poetry Term of the day. 3/25/15 Poetry: rhythmic expressions of thoughts and feelings. CHARACTERISTICS OF POEMS: Small space Words and meanings closely joined Use rhythm and or rhyme Can rhythm/doesn't have to rhyme Convey a mood ( happy, sad, etc.) Long or short Tells a story/action/event/situation Some have stanzas SOME TYPES OF POEMS: Narrative Shape Alphabet Free verse Limerick Ballad Sonnet haiku Acrostic Lyric Stair Nonsense Humorous Students need to complete the essay response to the Disaster articles that they started in class today. Click on Ackers and Havas for the articles. The prompt and the organizer are posted below.
Students need to read The National Guard, by W.M. Akers, and respond to the questions. The passage and questions are posted below.
Students need to read Not Scared...Prepared by Valeri Havas, and answer the questions. The article and the questions are posted below.
Finish Twilight Zone questions started in class today. Questions are posted below.
Students need to complete the PARCC style assignment that was started in class today, and bring it to class on Monday 3/16. **The Nadal and Federer articles, as well as assignment are posted below.
2 book reviews are due to Ms. Adams by April 9th. Directions for how to write and submit your book review are posted on the Resources Page.
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