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Complete 10+ minutes of Membean. Your Membean accuracy average must be 50% or better for the week.
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Have today's writing prompt displayed on your desk.
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If you finish early, you may work on Membean, our current class assignment, any missing assignments you need to submit, or read.
Monday
Complete writing prompt.
Does your crime story have a theme? What is it? If it does not, tell me why. How can you correct that?
True Crime Narrative Peer Review Assignment
Submit by pasting or typing directly into this document. You must REPLY to complete this process.
This is a graded assignment.
Your grade is based on your feedback to the writer of the essay.
It needs to be clear, and thorough. Yes and No answers will get you a failing grade.
EVERYONE SHOULD REVIEW AN ESSAY AND HAVE YOUR ROUGH DRAFT REVIEWED.
Name of the person that reviewed your essay:
The name of the person who wrote the essay you are reviewing:
Identify the following:
Crime(s) in the story:
Plot Synopsis (Overview)
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Characters - Describe each character.
Dialogue - Is it necessary and does it add to the story?
Are dialogue tags and beats used?
Setting:
Obvious research categories
Point of View
Protagonist
Antagonist
How does this story build reader interest and suspense?
Narrative fiction writing elements used? (foreshadowing, flashback, figurative language)
Transitions used:
Do the paragraphs smoothly flow? Is the essay coherent?
Are there spelling or grammatical errors?
Was there a part you did not understand or found hard to follow?
What items would you suggest in the evidence packet for this story?
How can this story be better? (You need AT LEAST 2-3 suggestions.)
Submit TODAY.
Extend : How will you incorporate your peer review feedback into your story? What ideas did you get from doing a peer review?
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Tuesday
Complete writing prompt.
Why do you think poetry is important? Why do we read poems someone wrote hundreds of years ago?
Poetry Review and Jigsaw
Poetic Device Review - Complete.
Revisiting TPCASTT and SIFT
“Fog” by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Wednesday
Complete writing prompt.
TPCASTT the following poem.
“Fog” by Carl Sandburg
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Poetic Device Review
“Four Little Foxes” by Lew Sarrett
https://audioboom.com/boos/1856790-four-little-foxes-by-lew-saretthttps://audioboom.com/boos/1856790-four-little-foxes-by-lew-sarett
Poetic Device Review
Identify the following examples of figurative language as a simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification.
1. Education is a treasure, rich with opportunity.
2. The flowers stretched their petals toward the sun.
3. I have a million things to do.
4. The leaves danced in the wind as they fell to the ground.
5. My book is like a black hole, once I get into it, it is hard to escape.
6. Life is a journey that can take us to great destinations.
7. All you ever do is complain!
8. March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.
9. Hope is a parachute, grounding one’s heart to safety.
10. The clock moans and groans with every passing minute.
Complete the short answer questions about poetic devices.
11. Explain why “angry Amy aims arrows at Arkansas” is NOT an example of alliteration.
12. Alliteration repeats the _________________. Provide an example of alliteration.
13. Onomatopoeia is the use of _______________ to imitate meaning. Provide an example.
14. A group of lines in a poem is called a _______________.
15. Assonance repeats _______________. Provide an example.
16. A regular pattern of rhyming in a poem is called a _______________. This pattern in labeled by using _______________.
17. _______________ is determined by the number of beats or stresses in a line of poetry.
18. Imagery describes things by appealing to the ____________________.
Four Little Foxes
By Lew Sarrett
Speak gently, Spring, and make no sudden sound
for in my windy valley yesterday I found
New born foxes squirming on the ground
Speak gently.
Walk softly, March, forbear the bitter blow,
Her feet within a trap, her blood upon the snow,
The four little foxes saw their mother go
Walk softly.
Go lightly, Spring, oh give them no alarm;
When I covered them with boughs to shelter them from harm
The thin blue foxes suckled at my arm
Go Lightly.
Step softly, March, with your rampant hurricane
Nuzzling one another and whimp'ring with pain,
The new little foxes are shiv'ring in the rain
Step softly.
19. How many stanzas are in the poem?
20. Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem by using lower case letters.
21. Identify one example of alliteration in the poem.
22. Identify three examples of imagery in the poem.
23. Identify two examples of onomatopoeia in the poem.
24. Identify how repetition is used in the poem.
25. Identify three examples of personification in the poem.
For further reading....
http://www.chaparralpoets.org/devices.pdf
https://quizlet.com/10667066/simile-metaphor-personification-hyperbole-with-examples-flash-cards/
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-figurative-language.html
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Thursday
Complete writing prompt.
Explain the saying "revenge is a dish best served cold." Discuss whether you agree or disagree.
Poetic Device Review
Walking Through Poetry
“The Poison Tree” by William Blake
“A Poison Tree” by William Blake
I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I waterd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.
And into my garden stole,
When the night had veild the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
Let’s take a look at this poem line by line. - Remember to annotate the poem as you work through the questions.
The title: A Poison Tree
Mind map the title. Remember, most titles are metaphorical – they represent ideas and themes in the text. Think of the different connotations of the words in the title, both individually and as a group. Consider the use of definite or indefinite articles (‘the’ or ‘a’). Look for connections between the things you have brainstormed. What does the mindmap suggest about the ideas in the poem?
Verse 1 (What’s another name for a four line stanza?)
Look up range of meanings of ‘foe’ and ‘wrath’. How is a foe different to a friend? Who would use the word ‘wrath’ and why? How are anger and wrath different? What could the speaker mean when he says “I told my wrath”? How is this line contrasted to “I told it not”?
Blake uses a structure that balances one phrase against another. Read the definitions of literary devices below. Which best describes what Blake does in this first verse? Explain your reasoning.
APPOSITION Placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first (often set off by a colon). Paine: “These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
ANTITHESIS Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.
Verse 2
What is ‘it’ in the first line? How can you ‘water’ this thing? What is being suggested by ‘watered it with fears”? What might these ‘fears’ be?
What does the speaker mean when he says he ‘sunned’ it with smiles? What might the “smiles’ represent in practical terms? What is he ‘sunning’? What does the sun do to living things? How does Blake use the sun here?
What are wiles? How are they deceitful? What do you think the poet means here?
Sum up the verse in one sentence. The speaker in the poem is …..
Verse 3
How does Blake continue the metaphor of ‘feeding’ anger’? What ‘fruit’ might come from anger directed at another person? What kinds of things do you do when you really dislike somebody or they have hurt you? What other ‘apple’ is stolen in a bible story? Why do you think Blake uses an apple here?
So what does Blake mean when he says ‘And my foe beheld it shine’?
What is the rhyme pattern in this poem? Would you say it was simple or complicated? Does this simple rhyme and rhythm suit the topic of the poem? Why or why not?
Verse 4
What is the ‘pole’ referred to here? What does the poet mean by ‘night had veiled the pole’? So what did the enemy or foe actually do, remembering that the tree is a symbol of the speaker’s anger?
How does the speaker have his revenge? Is the enemy really dead? How might he be dead in a metaphorical way?
Do you think this is the best solution to anger and hatred? Why/why not?
Go back to the beginning of the poem. What solution does the poet suggest to anger towards enemies? What has feeding anger done to the soul or character of the speaker?
Use this cloze passage to write your own set of notes on the poem.
In this poem Blake shows how the growth of suppressed ____________ poisons a relationship and can lead to ______________. It is written in ________________ verses, each of four ______________ and has a regular _________________ scheme, a, a, b, b. This rhyming scheme is effective because__________________________ .
A _________________ is made in the first verse between _______________ and harboring resentment. In the second and third verses, the ___________ or anger is compared to a _______________ . This use of ______________ emphasizes the ________________ of the anger as it is ______________ and _______________ with fear and deceit. The _______________ of the word “and” adds to this image of _______________ anger.
The _____________ symbolizes the forbidden fruit in the ___________ story of Adam and Eve, with the “foe” stealing the fruit and being ________________. The tone is one of anger and antagonism as Blake effectively shows the _____________________ of feeding a grievance. He suggests that _______________________________________________ might be a better way to deal with anger.
Extend: How is this similar and different to the TPCASTT analysis method?
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
Friday
Library visit
Complete writing prompt.
Why do we continue to read poetry written by poets long dead?
Poets' Graves
Peruse the poet graves...
Select a poet.
Complete the following and be ready to present your findings.
Who is the poet? Why did you choose this poet?
Tell something interesting about him or her.
Select a poem by this poet.
TPCASTT the poem.
Be ready to discuss.
FIND THE POET GRAVE HERE:
http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/b.htm
http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/b.htm
Resources for finding poems by your poet:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/browse/
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poems
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poems
Complete tomorrow's writing prompt today or tonight.
Work on your 45 minute goal for Membean.
Read 30 minutes.
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