HW for Tuesday, 1/15

Poetry Challenge #2!

10 Minute Window Observation

 Spend 10 minutes at home looking out a window.  Write down everything you see and hear.  What might it smell like out there?  Feel like?  Is there anything you can imagine tasting?

Type up a 10-15 line poem of your observation.  (This must be titled).  Be creative.  Try to use as many of the poetry techniques that we’ve reviewed this session as you can – imagery, alliteration, assonance, symbols, allusions, rhyme and rhythm (iambic pentameter!), etc.  You MUST use at least TWO SIMILES!

 AND!  One more catch – you muse use at least 4 vocabulary words from this year in your poem!

HW for Monday, 1/14

Let the POETRY CHALLENGES begin!

Your task for tonight is to write a poem about anything at all . . .
The only catch is, it has to include 10 of the VOCAB WORDS we've studied this year (click here for a link to the words)!
Oh, and one more thing: it must also include at least one instance of ALLITERATION, and one instance of PERSONIFICATION.
Good luck!  We'll share these in class tomorrow!

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 1/14

Here's some more magnetic poetry -- this time, try to create a poem about something you did or encountered in the last 24 hours . . .
http://kids.magpogames.com/createpoem.cfm?kit=1

HW for Friday, 1/11

·       Pick a song that you know well (or simply really enjoy) and would like to share with/teach to the class. 

·       Find the lyrics, print them out, and complete the worksheet I passed out in class.  The lyrics and the worksheet are due Monday!

·       Be prepared to teach  the song –  point out any of the poetic techniques we’ve been studying – metaphors, similes, personification, hyperbole, rhyme, rhytm – and lead a discussion on the overall meaning of the song.

Please be sure to pick a song that will be appropriate to share with the class – that means, no fine-able language or violent subject matter.

Have fun!

After Quiz Activity

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

HW for Thursday, 1/10

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Wednesday, 1/9/13

IRP Week 2

(Please type and double-space your response. Be sure to label it with your name, the date, and the title of the assignment -- see the Paper Formatting Guidelines to your right.) 

Week 2, Question 1: Are you liking the book so far? Why or why not? (100 words)

Week 2, Question 2: Describe in detail where and when the book takes place. Cite sections of

the book or lines that give you a sense of place. (150‐200 words)