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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Questioning Text -v- Clarifying Text

What is the difference between the two reading skills we looked at today?

Now watch this video below and write 3 clarifications and 3 questions about what you see.


Read this poem and write 3 clarifications and 3 questions about it.



"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"


I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.


The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie


In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.


William Wordsworth

Enjoy Reading Lindsey's WhereI'm From Poem
http://www.box.net/shared/uz3d9p5jlv

19 comments:

  1. Lindsey's poem is great. I really like her description of playing the piano.

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  2. me to i like the piano like colin said and i like the quotes of the people in her family at the end

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  3. In lindsays poem i loved how descriptive she was she really explained details for each of the things that she did!

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  4. I like Lindsay's poem because she was very discriptive

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  5. Lindsay's poem is awesome! She ryhmed and used discriptive words at the same time!

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  6. Be more specific...

    What words 'are' those descriptive words...

    Being 'specific' means POINTING to what exactly stands out.
    What's better for you as a learner, "You all wrote interesting appositives today?" or "You punctuated your appositives correctly and controlled your capitalization."

    Example one- you didn't really know what you did well

    Example two- you are in no doubt to 'exactly' what you did well...

    Get the point? :-)

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  7. Bekahs 2# try: I liked lindsays poem because she used descriptive words live ivory , ebony, and keys I also like how she described our state flower by using dogwoods instead of just saying the blooming of our state flower.

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  8. Lindsey did a great job on her poem I really liked her description of playing the piano I agree with colin and GG

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  9. I liked her poem too. I liked how she was very descriptive when she described the food.

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  10. me two it was so good! I liked it a lot! good job Breck and Lindsay!!!!

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  12. I loved Liday's poem! All the phrases and dresciptions were very engaging. I loved how she put all about her fmaily at the end. How you wrote about the piano was fantastic and very precise. Your poem was very well written Lindsay.

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  13. Mr. Buxton,
    Is decorating our daybook due tomorrow for the Graham class?

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  14. I thourouly enjoyed reading Lindsay's poem because it flowed very nicely like a song.I think it's because she used lots of figurative language.

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  15. Austin's #2 entry (published too quickly) I forgot to be more specific like Mr. Buxton said. Instead of saying that she plays the piano she used a description of the instrument and infernces to what it does. The poem also "sang" to me because most of her lines rhymed.

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  16. everybody did AWESOME but still Lindsay and Breck you guys did sooooo great!!! I Loved the piano keys! Great job you guys!

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  17. I like how linday described the piano

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