Thursday, February 7, 2008

Obama Rocks!!

DUE:Grammar and Childhood Memory Poem (Narrative Poem)

1. Silent Reading

2. Grade Grammar--Verbs and Verb Phrases

3. Journal Entry: Give 2 examples of simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole, and onamatopoeia

4. Handout: Focusing on Sound and Structure.

This now completes your poetry packet. You need to gather these papers together and turn them in on Friday:
A. How to Read a Poem

B. Focusing on Language

C. Focusing on Meaning

D. Focusing on Sound and Structure

5. How to write a Limerick and a Haiku

6. Review all Figurative Language and Poetry Strategies for Test!!!



HOMEWORK:

Create an original Limerick and Haiku!