Cycle 2--Finish Seal
Cycle 6--Finish Poetry Packet (Full Fathom and Sam McGee)
Cycle 6--Finish Poetry Packet (Full Fathom and Sam McGee)
Mrs. Sommer Grade 7 (2014-2015) [email protected] |
Cycle 2--Finish Seal
Cycle 6--Finish Poetry Packet (Full Fathom and Sam McGee)
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All students have been assigned since the beginning of the year to read a minimum of 2 books of their choice and to compose 2 book reviews each quarter. Directions and an example have been posted on the Resources page since the 1st Quarter. The directions are also posted below.
All Poetry homework that was assigned last week is now PAST DUE! Please make sure you have it all completed and submitted to Ms. Adams by tomorrow.
**Don't forget that you have 2 book reviews due this Thursday April 9th! Complete the 2 bio poems that you started in class today. All poetry assigned last week needs to be completed by Monday.
Write a 10 line poem about your favorite season with at least 3 examples of personification.
Personification is when you give human qualities to an object or animal. It is a literary tool that adds interest or understanding to a poem or story. Common Personification Examples
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.
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