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March 2007

Spring Break March 26-30

A Day - Basic Skills B - Day Reading Block Assignments Writing Prompts/Journals/Logs
Cluster Diagrams Language! Reader G - A Narrow Escape (vocabulary expansion & comprehension questions) Biography Essay Draft Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log
Basic Research ISAT Review Human Rights Biography Essay Final Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log
Narrowing Possibilites Language! Reader G - Sabotage at the Internationals (vocabulary expansion & comprehension questions) Anne Frank Quiz Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log
Evaluating Research ISAT Review Colonial & Victorian Writers Colonial Writers

The Six Traits of Writing:

  1. Content
  2. Organization
  3. Voice
  4. Word Choice
  5. Fluency
  6. Conventions
Language! Reader G - Accusation (vocabulary expansion & comprehension questions) Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book The Strength of One and the Strength in Numbers

The Elements of Poetry

Basic Terms

  1. Meter
  2. Rhyme
  3. Figurative Meaning
  4. Literal Meaning
  5. Denotation
  6. Connotation

 

DOL - Kipling Rudyard Kipling's Poetry Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log

The Elements of Poetry

Poetic Devices

  1. Irony
  2. Imagery
  3. Symbol
  4. Alliteration
  5. Assonance
DOL - Elements of Poetry Scattergories Poetry Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log

The Elements of Poetry

Poetic Devices

  1. Syntax
  2. Diction
  3. Pun
  4. Simile
  5. Oxymoron

Supplemental Poetry Readings

* Shakespeare

* Browning

* Hughes

* Dickinson

* Teasdale

* Cummings

* Frost & Others

Cinquain Poetry Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log
Choosing Poetry DOL Cinquain Fortune Cookie Potery Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log
Poetry Quiz or Recitation Reading Logs Due Recite a Poem from Your Poem Book Newspapers - Current Events  Independent Reading/ Reading Log

 

 

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Updated: March 22, 2007