Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 1/31

Go to this site and explore the galleries of "humuments".
Choose a few that you really like and be prepared to share one with the class.

HW for Tuesday, 1/31

Where I’m From Homework Assignment

There are 3 parts to this assignment.

1.

Re-read examples from class here and here and here.

2.

Write some lists of your own that match the ones in Lyon’s poem.  You’ll be asked to share some of this list with the class.  Your list must include at least 30 items.

List . . .

• Items found around your home (bobby pins, stacks of newspapers, grandma’s teeth, coupons, etc.)

• Items found in your yard (broken rakes, dog bones, hoses coiled like green snakes – think of metaphors while you create these lists!)

• Items found in your neighborhood (corner grocery store, Mr. Tate’s beat up Toyota, the magnolia tree)

• Names of people who link you to the past

• Sayings (“If I’ve told you once . . .”)

• Names of food and dishes that make you think of home (tamales, black eyed peas, bbq, etc.)

3.

Write a poem using your list.  You must incorporate 

ALL FIVE OF THE SENSES (SENSORY DETAILS), 

2 SIMILES or METAPHORS, 

2 instances of ALLITERATION  

2 VOCAB WORDS from this year.

Use the sample pieces as models.

Daily Warm Up for Monday, 1/30

More magnetic poetry!
http://kids.magpogames.com/createpoem.cfm?kit=1

HW for Monday, 1/30

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.

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

Daily Warm Up for Friday, 1/27

Play any of the word games on this site:
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/

HW for Friday, 1/27

Complete draft 2 of your poet essay.  If you weren't able to get peer edits in class, you must ask someone to read your essay and complete a peer editing worksheet (click there!) for you over the weekend.
Please follow the formatting guidelines!

HW for Thursday, 1/26

IRP 4 
Please type a 200 word response to the following question. Make sure to label the assignment with your name, the title of the assignment, and the date
What aspects of the plot or story can you relate to your own experiences? Describe how.