Transcript poems wfigurative language

Do now:
1. Work on the “Do now”.
2. Have your homework out on your desk
(reading log)
3. You need your journal and a
copy of STJ.
4. Read independently when finished.
• The Boxtop competition begins this week
and will continue till Spring
Break/Intercession.
• This is a grade level competition, and
there will be a prize.
• There are collection boxes in the LMC for
each grade level.
Goals for today:
• Make a plan for how we want to learn
skills for the rest of the year.
• Grade our own projects
• Memorize a poem
• Read STJ and identify one skill we need to
learn
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We have 7 weeks until the end of April
That is approximately 35 days of class
What can we learn in 35 days?
How do you want to learn new skills?
It what ways do you like to learn?
Reading Skills to learn:
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Implied vs. stated theme
Inference/conclusion
Fact vs. opinion
Prediction
Cause/effect
Speaking/listening
Asking and answering questions from the passage
Reading charts and graphs
References sources for research & Citations
Media, author’s purpose and audience
Prewriting, graphic organizers
Instruction sequence
Revising text: confusing vs. clear
Genre
Figurative and sound language
Language Arts skills to learn:
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Writing letters
Pronoun use
Subject verb agreement
Adjectives and adverbs
Context clues
Spelling
Root words, suffixes, and prefixes
Compound words
Abbreviations
Contractions and possessives
Sentence fragments and run-ons
Do now:
• Find 3 texts that your concept is related to,
write down the title and page number
• Then, take the quiz off my homepage
• Return to your seat and quick write about
how your concept is connected to the
world.
• For every skill: You need a fiction and
non-fiction text
• We need science, social studies,
complicated and simple texts
• We will also need to write expository and
persuasive texts (informational papers and
speeches to convince people)
Rubric for Spirit of Endurance
Project
Skills:
Cause/Effect 10pts
Character Traits
15pts
Point of View 10pts
Vivid Language "the
boat was being
crushed like a nut in
a nutcracker" 25pts
Summary 20pts
Sequence of
Events 50pts
Vocabulary 10pts
Presentation:
Clear (make
sense) 10pts
Fluent (speak
clearly and loudly)
20pts
Neat/organized/corr
ect
grammar/punctuatio
n/spelling 10pts
On time/teamwork
20pts
I want you to take
Into consideration
The fact that we
Had a formation
Of people in
A confederation
Who were great
At communication
And never had
An altercation
They waved hello
In salutation
Always eager for
Peer cooperation
This class had
The best reputation
“I've traveled the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners,
I've been where no-one's been before,
Learned secrets from writers and cooks
All with one library ticket
To the wonderful world of books.”
― Janice James
Whatif
Last night, while I lay thinking here,
Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
And pranced and partied all night long
And sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I’m dumb in school?
Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there’s poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don’t grow taller?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won’t bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don’t grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems swell, and then
The nighttime Whatifs strike again!
What makes a poem a poem?
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The lines are short
They often have a rhyme scheme
They are often set in stanzas
They often use certain tools to make
them more interesting……
• These are called “devices”
Rainy Days
Let the summer slip away
Let dark days start to fall
Let the blue give way to gray
I long to hear the call.
It sounds just like a tune to me
It waters me with song
It always is good company
At night or all day long.
Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat
Rain dips and dives and dances
Rain drips and drives, this way and that
Upon the roof it prances.
*Think about your thinking.
What literary devices do you notice
in this poem?
On your team, identify at least 3
literary devices the author uses.
What time of year does this poem
take place? How do you know?
On metal roofs it rat-a-tats
On wooden roofs it drums
On windows It just splitter-splats
When at last it comes.
Down on leaves it splashes
Down wooden trunks it pours
Down to the earth it dashes
Calling me outdoors.
1. Which line from the poem
contains an example of
onomatopoeia?
a. Let dark days start to fall
b. It waters me with song
c. At night or all day long
d. On windows it just splitter splats
2. Which line lets readers know that
this poem is written in first
person?
a. Let the blue give way to gray
b. It sounds just like a tune to me
c. It always is good company
d. On wooden roofs it drums
3. These lines show an example of:
a. Simile
b. Alliteration
c. Hyperbole
d. Repetition
Rainy Days
Let the summer slip away
Let dark days start to fall
Let the blue give way to gray
I long to hear the call.
It sounds just like a tune to me
It waters me with song
It always is good company
At night or all day long.
Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat
Rain dips and dives and dances
Rain drips and drives, this way and that
Upon the roof it prances.
On metal roofs it rat-a-tats
On wooden roofs it drums
On windows It just splitter-splats
When at last it comes.
Down on leaves it splashes
Down wooden trunks it pours
Down to the earth it dashes
Calling me outdoors.
Rainy Days
4. Choose the line that best describes the
time of year when the poem takes place.
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b.
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d.
Let the blue give way to gray
At night or all day long
Down on leaves it splashes
Let the summer slip away
Let the summer slip away
Let dark days start to fall
Let the blue give way to gray
I long to hear the call.
It sounds just like a tune to me
It waters me with song
It always is good company
At night or all day long.
Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat
Rain dips and dives and dances
Rain drips and drives, this way and that
Upon the roof it prances.
5. Rain dips and dives and dances
On metal roofs it rat-a-tats
On wooden roofs it drums
Which literary device does the line use? On windows It just splitter-splats
When at last it comes.
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b.
c.
d.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
simile
Down on leaves it splashes
Down wooden trunks it pours
Down to the earth it dashes
Calling me outdoors.
1. Which line from the poem
contains an example of
onomatopoeia?
a. Let dark days start to fall
b. It waters me with song
c. At night or all day long
d. On windows it just splitter splats
2. Which line lets readers know that
this poem is written in first
person?
a. Let the blue give way to gray
b. It sounds just like a tune to me
c. It always is good company
d. On wooden roofs it drums
Rainy Days
Let the summer slip away
Let dark days start to fall
Let the blue give way to gray
I long to hear the call.
It sounds just like a tune to me
It waters me with song
It always is good company
At night or all day long.
Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat
Rain dips and dives and dances
Rain drips and drives, this way and that
Upon the roof it prances.
On metal roofs it rat-a-tats
On wooden roofs it drums
On windows It just splitter-splats
When at last it comes.
Down on leaves it splashes
Down wooden trunks it pours
Down to the earth it dashes
Calling me outdoors.
On your team, come up with an
example of each:
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Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Rhyme & Rhythm
Repetition
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
The Smoothie
Wrrrr wrrrr
The blender starts to spin
The blueberries get pulverized
Pineapples sliced and thinned.
Mmmm mmmm
A banana slice or three
strawberries for flavor
Finish that smoothie quick for me!
Slurp slurp
I gulp the delicious drink down
The daylight seems even brighter
It’s impossible to try to frown
The Smoothie
Wrrrr wrrrr
The blender starts to spin
The blueberries get pulverized
Pineapples sliced and thinned.
Mmmm mmmm
A banana slice or three
strawberries for flavor
Finish that smoothie quick for me!
Slurp slurp
I gulp the delicious drink down
The daylight seems even brighter
It’s impossible to try to frown
1. Which literary device does
this poem use?
a. Simile
b. Repetition
c. Personification
d. Onomatopoeia
2. Why does the author use
rhyme?
a. To establish a rhythm.
b. To make the reader laugh.
c. To create a picture in the
reader’s mind.
d. To create stanzas in the poem.
3. Which line from the poem
contains an example of
alliteration?
a. The daylight seems even
brighter
b. A banana slice or three
c. Pineapples sliced and thinned.
d. I gulp the delicious drink down
The Smoothie
Wrrrr wrrrr
The blender starts to spin
The blueberries get pulverized
Pineapples sliced and thinned.
Mmmm mmmm
A banana slice or three
strawberries for flavor
Finish that smoothie quick for me!
Slurp slurp
I gulp the delicious drink down
The daylight seems even brighter
It’s impossible to try to frown
4. How can the reader tell that “The
Smoothie” is a poem?
a. There is a plot with a climax, a setting, and
characters.
b. The story tells about the author’s real life
experiences.
c. The story of the smoothie makes the reader
feel happy.
d. The lines are short, have a rhyme scheme,
and are set in stanzas.
5. Choose the line that best describes the
time of day in which the poem takes place.
a. The blender starts to spin
b. It’s impossible to try to frown
c. The daylight seems even brighter
d. I gulp the delicious drink down
6. Which line lets readers know that this
poem is written in first person?
a. The blueberries get pulverized
b. Finish that smoothie quick for me!
c. It’s impossible to try to frown
d. The blueberries get pulverized
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Slowly slithering
Down the lawn
Kids playing
Unharmed
Slither
Slither
Why does the author use the
onomatopoeia “slither” repeatedly
throughout the poem?
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b.
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d.
To provide a repetitive rhythm
To hide the fact that it is a snake
To fill in empty space
To alternate the length of stanzas
Slithering faster
Keep out of sight
Want to go on
Not stand and fight
Slither
Slither
On it’s belly
No feet to walk
The snake slithers
As if to stalk
Slither
slither
Two Sunflowers
Move in the Yellow Room.
"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
"Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?“
They arranged themselves at the window
and counted the steps of the sun,
and they both took root in the carpet
where the topaz tortoises run.
William Blake
"Miss Twining teaches tying knots
In neckerchiefs and noodles,
And how to tell chrysanthemums
From miniature poodles.“
- Dr. Seuss
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!
Curious Cats
Curious cats crouch on the window sill
Watching unwaveringly through the glass
As blue birds fly by.
Curious cats are
Almost two headed in a sensitive sense,
Still alert and aware
Of the running, rotten rats behind them.
The Wonderful Wind
The wonderful wind whistles
Repeated reminders throughout the day
Telling tales of what is coming
Predicting and preparing us to pray.
The wise wind sometimes whispers
The secrets that have been secretly hid.
Slowly slithering
Down the lawn
Kids playing
Unharmed
Slither
Slither
Slithering faster
Keep out of sight
Want to go on
Not stand and fight
Slither
Slither
On it’s belly
No feet to walk
The snake slithers
As if to stalk
Slither
slither
Which line contains an example
of alliteration?
a. The rafters are open to sun, moon, and
star
b. The voices are silent, the bustle and din
c. He tramps through the darkness of
shelter to win
d. The dining room is dark and the stable is
still
Harlem
by Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore –
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over –
Like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
The Peace of Wild Things
By Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear if what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron
feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
Lawnmower
-Valerie Worth
The lawnmower
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Its head is too full
Of iron and oil
To know
What it throws
Away:
The lawn’s whole
Crop of chopped
Soft,
Delicious
Green hay.
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Slowly slithering
Down the lawn
Kids playing
Unharmed
Slither
Slither
Slithering faster
Keep out of sight
Want to go on
Not stand and fight
Slither
Slither
On it’s belly
No feet to walk
The snake slithers
As if to stalk
Slither
slither
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Slowly slithering
Down the lawn
Kids playing
Unharmed
Slither
Slither
Why does the author use the
onomatopoeia “slither” repeatedly
throughout the poem?
a.
b.
c.
d.
To provide a repetitive rhythm
To hide the fact that it is a snake
To fill in empty space
To alternate the length of stanzas
Slithering faster
Keep out of sight
Want to go on
Not stand and fight
Slither
Slither
On it’s belly
No feet to walk
The snake slithers
As if to stalk
Slither
slither
Lawnmower
The lawnmower
Grinds its teeth
Over the grass,
Spitting out a thick
Green spray;
Its head is too full
Of iron and oil
To know
What it throws
Away:
The lawn’s whole
Crop of chopped
Soft,
Delicious
Green hay.
-Valerie Worth
Which line from the poem contains
an example of personification?
a. The lawn’s whole
b. Crop of chopped
c. To know
d. Grinds it’s teeth
Which line from the poem contains
an example of alliteration?
a. The lawn’s whole
b. Crop of chopped
c. To know
d. Grinds it’s teeth
Robert Burns
'The Slave’s Lament—' (1792)
It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthrall
For the lands of Virginia-ginia O;
Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more,
And alas! I am weary, weary O!
Torn from &c.
All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost,
Like the lands of Virginia-ginia O;
There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever
blow,
And alas! I am weary, weary O!
There streams &c.
The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear,
In the lands of Virginia-ginia O;
And I think on friends most dear with the bitter, bitter tear,
And Alas! I am weary, weary O!
And I think &c.
What literary devise does the author use to give the poem rhythm?
Two Sunflowers
Move in the Yellow Room.
"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
"Our traveling habits have tired us.
Can you give us a room with a view?"
They arranged themselves at the window
and counted the steps of the sun,
and they both took root in the carpet
where the topaz tortoises run.
William Blake
April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid
drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at
night
And I love the rain.
- Langston Hughes -
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
By: Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
The Road Not Taken
By: Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
"What the Wood Fire Said to the Boy"
by Frank Lebby Stanton
What said the wood in the fire
To the little boy that night,
The little boy of the golden hair,
As he rocked himself in his little armchair,
When the blaze was burning bright?
The wood cried, "See,
How they've destroyed me!
I stood in the forest, a beautiful tree,
And waved my branches from east to west,
And many a sweet bird built its nest
In my leaves of green,
That loved to lean
In the springtime over the daisy's head.
Everyone speaks procedure:
• Each person in the group will get a token.
• This is what you will use when you talk about what you
picked and why.
• You many only speak using your token.
• Once you speak, you cannot speak again until everyone
has gone.
• You can wait to use your token if you are unsure of the
answer.
Sentence starters:
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I think……
What if…..
I predict…..
If I could change…
A confusing part…
I noticed….
Night Fall Sun Rise
by Etan Thomas
I never imagined it could happen in my lifetime
As my mind turns back the hands of crimes to a time when
we were rattled in chains
Captured in segregation's pain
But we've climbed our way up the mountainside and
claimed our prize
Our eyes refused to lose focus
Drawing back the shades of history that have eclipsed our
past we've now brightened our future
Now able to ring a bell that once refused to toll for thee
Red white and blue plastered
But we've mastered our own destinies
Reaching heights of dreams deeply rooted in the minds of
kings that withered the storms from sea to shining sea
Nonviolently we're respected by any means
Swimming in endless possibilities
Our arrows of opportunities can hit any targets within the
reach of our mind frame
While the country is filled with elation
It's way past time for a change
Hugs and cheers
Warm embraces from total strangers
Smiles on faces
Cries and tears
Barack Obama's inauguration is a dream come true
He is the anticipated rain of a village suffering through an
eight-year drought
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Certificate of
Matrimony for
Joseph and Mary
Province of
Nashville,
Tennessee
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Certificate of
Matrimony for Joseph
and Mary Province of
Nashville, Tennessee,
02/26/1866 (ARC
Identifier: 595017);
Freedmen's Marriage
Certificates, 1865 1869; Records of the
Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands,
1861 - 1879; Record
Group 105; National
Archives.