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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Question

How did the exercise on the Beatles' songs help you with understanding figuarative language?


How good is your poem? Read it out loud 'slowly' to somebody. If  he/she can guess the topic with no hints...your poem is probably very strong

87 comments:

  1. Mr. Buxton I'm having troubles trying to make a title, what should I do?

    ~Juliana

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  2. Mr. Buxton, for my title I a doing reaction 1 ( public reaction and reactor one melted) is that ok as a title?
    Alex

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  3. Juliana-I just thought of what signified my event. I called it "Blind Eyes" because nobody could predict that one of the largest earthquakes was about to hit.
    ~hayden

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  4. for my title I did the effected balcony beacasue mine was about the assassination of Martin Luther King and he was killed on his balcony but he effected peopples lives in many ways

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  5. Well, for Pearl Harbor what signified was that it was the beginning of World War II. Maybe I could do something like, A Terrible Beginning or I don't know.

    ~Juliana

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  6. Reaction 1
    Alex Warmath


    March 28, 1979
    The morning sun hadn't yet shined
    In Penn's woods a disaster would strike
    A snap and a quarter back saying “hike!”

    The relief valve failed to open
    To factory might never reopen
    Soon after the problem was noticed
    The factory on high alert, the surrounding area threatened

    Terror in the public was breaking through
    The president had come, they knew the danger was real
    The public evacuation started at eight
    Everyone hoping it wasn't to late

    The China Syndrome caused most of the panic
    A reactor blowing up over the Atlantic
    Twelve days after the movie was released
    The dream came to reality in the East

    The fear turned out to be for nothing
    Sirens wailing for no good reason
    Bad equipment and untrained workers were to blame
    The entire thing now seems so lame

    is this at all good or do I need more poetic devices + or showing langauge?
    Alex

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  7. actually im changing it to the outcome of the balcony beacause effected kinda sounds bad in the way i used it

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  8. Sabrina- the outcome of the balcony isn't really showing language Alex

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  9. Now I need help with the title would marching peace be good since he held protests that were non-violient

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  10. Does that have to do with your event? If so, yes.

    ~Juliana:-)

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  11. how about silent guns sabrina because he didn't fight with guns, he fought with words.

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  12. That is really good do you mind if i use it?

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  13. Is this a good poem? Also try to guess my event.

    A Terrible Beginning

    Blazing sun of golden yellow
    A peaceful day with quiet fog
    Salty sea air lurks through the ship
    Enormous waves crash upon the bow

    Enemies sneering off in the distance
    Grins and smirks on wicked faces
    Jets zipping through the dense smoggy air
    With the ship passengers barely aware

    A bang and pow from the sky above
    Sinking slowly as the sun cries down on a horrid
    day
    Passengers stuttering frantically, if only they knew
    Some passengers wounded others gone

    The deed was done on a tropical paradise
    It was like a test with no end
    All that was left was an extreme shadow
    No one knew but it created World War II

    By: Juliana

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  14. It's the Pearl Harbor but you need a more effective title

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  15. Not the best title but really good poem
    Alex

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  16. are we supposed to type up the historical event poem if we finished it 2night 4 homework???

    Maddie

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  17. Sabrina, I liked your first title the best.

    - M.G.

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  18. Maddie,
    Yes I would type it up. That is what I'm doing.

    - M.G.

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  19. I KNOW!!!!!!!! I can't figure out an effective title!!!!! Any tips?

    ~Juliana

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  20. Yeah, I am with you Juliana. I'm writing about this guy who worked for Japan during WW2, and he was stationed in the Philipenes. He was never told that the war was over, and he thought it was still going on with the rest of his men. Finally, somebody rescued them.
    I don't really have a good title. All I can think of is, 'A 30 year long World War 2-in the jungle' which is very literail or 'War in the Leaves' which I like the best.
    - M.G.

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  21. You have to type it up becasue it is going to be in our poetry booklet. the reason i know that is because i asked him

    Flynn

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  22. Would a good title for Pearl Harbor be, "A Day of Disasters" ????????????????????????????

    ~Juliana

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  23. Flynn-he actually told that to the whole class.
    Juliana- that's a so-so title. I would do The Silent Hour.

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  24. nice title Hayden.
    But why would it be silent?

    -M.G.

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  25. In each stanza, MUST there be four lines?

    -M.G.

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  26. Mr. Buxton WANTS it to be at least three stanzas and at most five stanzas. But he REALLY wants four stanzas and four lines per stanza.

    ~Juliana:-)

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  27. Mary Grace,
    We're supposed to only do 4 stanzas with 4 lines in each.

    What would a good title be for Pearl Harbor? I'm trying to come up with one, but I can't think of anything.

    Ansley:)

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  28. Thanks Juliana and Ansley!!

    Pearl Harbor...... I really don't know..I'll think about that.

    -M.G.

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  29. Oh yeah and why would you call it the "silent hour"?

    ~Juliana

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  30. War in the Leaves
    A young man working for the Red Dot flag With only his backpack and hands A world at war for the second time His hands battling leaves, controlling the pearl nestled in the ocean, a lone soldier lost but found
    Rations of rice eaten in dirty hands Eyes always wide, and arms wrapped in bands Fled to the green stretches, with hard dirt and the buzzing sound of bugs Brambles and ivory green vines to tug at their hair
    Across the seas, a final bomb drops Surrender fills the skies But in their green world Gunshots are fired and their hopes still in mind
    The globe is settled from the firey explosions A lone back is racked with struggles that can stop Finally the struggles stop as happy cries fill the air A lone soldier, finally found.



    This is my poem. What do you guys think?
    -M.G.

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  31. This collage dropout who found him was looking for him, a panda and the Abondable Snowman!!!! I found that very funny.

    -M.G.

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  32. What is the W.I.L.F for our poems????????????????? Help




    McCarthy

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  33. People that are doing pearl harbor you could do the cherry bloosom's invatation beacause the japanese have a lot of cherry blossom there and they were invting us to war

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  34. The WILF is:
    Approx.
    -4 stanzas
    -4 lines per stanza
    -Title
    -No or few pronouns
    -Avoid word repetition
    -Use strong verbs (NO LINKING)
    -Integrate some poetic techniques

    ~Juliana

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  35. Nice though Sabrina! But do you think Fear at Sea would be an okay title?

    ~Juliana

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  36. Actually, Silent Fear at Sea

    ~Juliana:-)

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  37. M.G- all you wrote is literal. use figurative language. The title is also to literal.

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  38. Mr. Buxton, do I have any other homework besides what I already have? Also, on the connect four grid I don't have room on the back so can I just put it under the question? And lastly, what am I supposed to do with the narrative about the Northeast?

    ~Juliana

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  39. For homework all we have is the connect five grid right?

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  40. And study for the vocab test and math
    Abigail

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  41. But what about the Northeast narrative on the homework sheet?

    ~Juliana

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  42. Juliana,
    Were you here when we did the viedo about Ann Frank?
    Abigail

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  43. What northeast poem is there one????

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  44. what vocab lesson r we on, again???

    Maddie

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  45. On the connect five can we put a vocab word
    Abigail

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  46. If you are talking about the Kitty, yes. ON OUR HOMEWORK IT SAYS WE HAVE TO DO A POEM ON THE NORTHEAST, IS HAT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    ~Juliana

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  47. I don't think so Juliana. Feel Better:)

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  48. Abigal, yes we can put down vocab words

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  49. Should we know the exact defenitionnnnnnnn for vocab
    anyone can answer

    Flynn

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  50. Don't worry Abbie, I should be back tomorrow!

    ~Juliana:-)

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  51. For the Buxton's class, What is all of our homework?!

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  52. Caroline- we just have the connect 5 grid...... and a vocab test tomorrow.


    McCarthy

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  53. Juliana-that's the alliteration poem we did in class. It is homework tomorrow.
    Flynn- i would memorize them all, but also learn their real meaning outside of the definition.

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  54. do the grams have a vocab test tomorrow


    RyAn S.

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  55. sabrina- i accidentally took your northeast sheet today because i was copying the answers so i will give it back tom.


    RyAn S.

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  57. does anyon no wut vocab leson were on


    RyAn S.

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  58. WHAT IS THE NORTHEAST REGION NARRATIVE POEM!!!

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  59. i don't know jackson...i was about to ask the same thing...WHAT IS THE NORTHEAST POEM??

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  60. What poem????????

    Do we have to type up our tongue twister tonight because I left it at school. If one of my group members (Ansley, Eliza, Kate and Paige) could type it up onto here that would be great.

    -M.G.

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  61. The test is on Fri. i thoguht and there is no notheast narritive thing and mg no we don't

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  62. M.G.- the tounge twister poems need to be typed up tom. for h.w.

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  63. Sabrina- if you're talking about the vocab. test, it is tom.

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  64. Yeah, I know the vocab. test is tomorrow and math.

    Math is lessons 6.1,6.2,6.3,6.4,6.5,6.6.,6.10 and 6.11 right?? Is there a 6.9 we have covered?

    Oh, and nvm I found my tounge twister which I am now informed is due on Friday.
    -M.G.

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  65. So is the only homework to fix the Mr. Limpett thingy? None for Mr. B.
    Abigail

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