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Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry. Show all posts
Friday, March 20, 2015

and the Poscar goes to....

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Poetry Recitation Champion 2015 Have a great break...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Poscars... "O Captain My Captain..."

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Congratulations on your excellent performances today in the Poscars.... A Closing Thought... In the movie, Dead Poet's Society, Robin...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Poscars

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Will you receive one of these on Thursday? Just think - fame - fortune - paparazzi! Will you be ready? CAN YOU DISCUSS YOUR POETIC...
Monday, March 2, 2015

The Poscars Award

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The following 'Poscar Awards'  will be handed out at the end of the Poetry Party on Thursday. Best Visual Interpretation (Use o...

Slam Poetry: Expecting

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Lesson Recap:Enjambment   H/W 50 mins of Membean this week Poetry H/W You must have at least one of your poems MEMORIZED by We...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Extended Metaphor

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Lesson Recap  Figurative Language A=B means C To build an 'extended metaphor' 1) Start with an anchor metaphor - My life ain't...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Poetry Competition and Student Samples

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Enjoy Olivia's excellent poem ,  Elizabeth's , Regina's    Claire's Poetry Competition: Round 2 - What will you do to amaz...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Complex Sentences/Poetry Endings

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Lesson Recap Poetry Ending Strategies H/W Make sure your book club is ready to present tomorrow if you haven't al...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Root of the Week

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Root of the Week - Cogn - Learn/Know H/W ALL CLASSES Bring an article (or an link to an article) that you found on the web for Tuesd...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Visualizing: Using Poet's Eyes

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Lesson Recap: Bite into your poems. Devour the ideas When you visualize, you can go from use the literal images to reach a more abstrac...
Monday, February 9, 2015

What is Poetry?

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Files for Today: Reading and Writing Poetry Unit Make a copy of this link for our next unit:  How to Eat a Poem Root of the Week: Sens/S...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Fortunately/Unfortunately Poems

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Learning Reflections Write 1-2 SPECIFIC sentences summarizing your learning for our previous units. Remember, these comments will be used o...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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Remember: You need your poem interpretation ready for Wed. See the rubric below to see how you will be graded with this work. Your poem and ...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Poetry Parties

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Congratulations on your wonderful presentations in each of the poetry parties this morning. Feel free to give 'kudos' to your fel...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Poetry Parties

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Poetry Parties will take place on Monday morning. These will be a celebration of language, music, and literature. I expect passionate perfor...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Inside - Outside Help!

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H/W Grammar Package (Due: Fri) Spelling Test will be next Tuesday Inside/Ouside poem about yourself. (Due: Fri) - further advice below ...
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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Visuword

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Click the link below for an excellent resource for finding synonyms and related words and ideas for your poems. This site can be used  for a...
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Carpe Diem - Make your lives extraordinary

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Free free to comment  about today's lesson introducing poetry.  Feel free to add any of your drafts of your personal poems for others to...
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Friday, December 17, 2010

Invictus - Reflection

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Listen below to  an interview with the captain of the South African rugby team (Matt Damon's character) as he speaks about Nelson Mandel...
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Friday, January 9, 2009

Poetry Party H/W

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Make sure you are ready for next week's poetry party. Buxton Class - Thur 2.35-3.05pm Graham Class - Thur 12.45-1.30pm Make sure you hav...
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