T.B. 588
Alliteration
Definition
Example
Repetition Assonance
Consonance
Meter
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
3. a) Rodney’s perfect moment is being upstate, surrounded by
huge trees.
b)Lonnie’s perfect moment is when Rodney put his arms his
shoulders and realizes he is a loyal friend.
4.a) The poems have no strict structure, no regular rhyme or meter,
rhyme scheme, or fixed amount of lines per stanza.
b)Free Verse fits these poems because its casual and
conversational. It fits Lonnie’s voice.
Line in poetry
Rabbits running over roses
Silver jet soars across the sky
Just like a giant butterfly
He weeps on bleak hills over streams
and broken streets.
Bang, Pow, Zip, Pop
The first fast cat was the scariest
of all
Sound Device
Write the definition for the following word. Then provide an example.
1.Homophone:
2.Homonym:
Example:
Example:
Correct the Following sentences.
3.I will gladly except your gift. After all, it is my birthday.
4.I like all vegetables accept carrots.
5.Can you please take them they’re books?
6.I left my books over their.
Ideas Compared
Ideas Conveyed
“Describe
Somebody” lines 40- “Eric’s voice was like
43
something that
didn’t belong to him”
Simile: There is
more to Eric than
his bully side he
sees at school.
“Almost a Summer’s
Day”
Lines 49-53
Personification:
Rodney feels safe in
upstate; the trees
are reaching out to
him.
“…leaves are hands
reaching out to you.
Saying come on over
here”
Bell Ringer: Poetry in Lyrics –Fri. 3/23
Student
Song Title
Sound
Devices
Figurative
Language
Purpose of
poetic
devices: to
emphasize
meaning or
sound of
words
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Bell Ringer: DLP Tues. 3/27
Write the following sentences. Then make corrections to spelling, grammar
and punctuation mistakes.
1. The book night , by elie Wiesel , was a good book.
2. My call to action is that your allways responsible for
standing up for others.
3. The hole time I was reading the memoir I was thinking of
the bad atrocities.
4. Well, the nazis were bad people.
5. Next, I’m going to tell you about the themes in Night.
6. The man was drivieing to his new home.
Class work: Poetry Collection 1
Read pages 598-605. Then answer
questions 1-9 on page 606.
Complete this on a separate sheet of paper.
You do not have to write the question, but
you do need to write in
Complete sentences.
Then complete the Vocabulary Builder and
Writing Activity on page 607.
Interactive Student Notebook
Notebook Check
Today!!!!!!!!
Bell Ringer: using Context Clues
Th. 3/29 T.B 598-599
Read the following sentences. Underline the words in the sentence that
Provide context clues to the meaning of the underlined word.
1. Sheila is such a flatterer; she constantly compliments and praises
me. I don’t know when she is being sincere.
2. I have to purchase a kennel for my dog before my trip because the
airlines will not allow a loose dog on the plane even if he is on a
leash.
3. The winner of the contest accepted the award with rapture and
ecstasy.
4. Carrie Underwood’s voice has an unmistakable singularity; her voice
is like no other.
5. The teacher tried to come up with a peaceful resolution for the two
quarreling boys but the boys continued their strife.
Apply the Skills: pg. 606
Questions 1-9
2a. The cat runs “off her mat,” and into a sycamore tree.
2b. The cat runs because it is being chased.
2c. The way the speaker describes the chase suggests that
the person does not like the cat. The speaker calls her a
scratcher and hope she will be caught.
3a. The moon walks in silvery shoes.
3b. The moon light turns everything silver.
3c. The poet creates a peaceful mood for the reader.
4a. She says she used to” live in the narrowest nest in the
corner.”
4b. Her burning desire was to travel to a bigger world.
4c. She fought off the forces constraining her to her narrow
world and “Soared to the uttermost reaches” of the world.
Apply the Skills: pg. 606
Questions 1-9
#8
5a. The speaker’s world was very small, but he discovered that if she
wanted a bigger world, she had to fight to achieve it.
6. You may use the synonym “scratch “ to determine the meaning.
The cat is clawing its way up the tree bark.
7.Abide means to live. The poem gives you clues by using the words
“nest” and “your world”.
Sound Device
Cat!
Silver
Your World
Alliteration
Slathery/slithery/
scat/sleek/
Slowly/silent/silver
Narrowest / Nest
Onomatopoeia
Pftts/Wuff
Rhyme
Flatter/chatter/sc By/eye
atter
Dog/Log
Breeze/ Ease
9. Sound devices can help the reader to hear the musical aspects
of language and reinforce the mood or meaning of the poem.
Homework: pgs. 644-645
Complete activities
1-15 on a separate
sheet of paper. Be
sure to write out
the sentences
Workbook: Poetry Collection 1
Read and complete pages 232236.
Complete all margin activities
and questions 1-4 on page 237
Complete writing activity on
page 238
Bell Ringer: DLP Wed. 3/28
Write out the sentences. Make corrections to grammar and punctuation.
1. The holocaust was a macabre time in history thus we should never
forget those that perished, during the 1940s.
2. After Elie was liberated he looked at him self in the mirror.
3. The germans were exposed to propaganda but many of them left
the country because they did not agree with nazi ideology.
4. Well, I will now discuss three themes in night. Father son
relationships, loss of faith, and being a voice for the voiceless.
Bell Ringer: DLP Th. 3/29
Write out the sentences. Make the proper corrections to grammar,
punctuation, and spelling.
1. After all he has bin threw how can you deny him his right to justice.
2. How can you deny him his right to justice after all he has binn threw.
3. We should treat everyone equal.
4. He was upset because 3 of the student’s books were damaged
consequently they had to be replaced.
5. I definitley need to see my doctor unless I begin to fill better.
6. Unless I begin to fill better I definitley need to see my doctor.
7. The new comitee members are: Robert Smith, Allie Lilly, and Rachel Brown.
Class work / Homework : Poetry
Collection 2
Read pages 608-611
Answer questions 1-9 on page
612
Vocabulary Builder on page
613
Writing Activity on page 613
Apply the Skills page 612-613
2a. The speaker describes her thumbprint as “a unique design” of “whorls”
“whirls” and “wheels” .
2b. Her thumbprint is important because it symbolizes her uniqueness.
3a. Lines 14-15 suggest that although the many indistinguishable parts of a
human may not seem individual or unique, they may add up to be a
unique person.
3b. Place a high value on individuality because they want to feel special and
as if there is no one in the world quite like them.
4a. Martin Luther King Junior wanted people to refer to him as the drum major
of peace.
4b. The speaker mentions drum of triumph, pain and life, funeral drums,
marching drums, and drums that call.
4c. A drummer is a good symbol for a leader because the drummer
keeps a marching band together and sets the pace.
5a. Ring Out: the old, the false, grief , feuds between the rich and poor,
dying causes, political strife, want, care, sin, lack of faith ,
false pride.
5b:. Ring in : the new, the true, redress (reconciliation), noble ways of
living, good manners, good laws, good cheer, love of truth,
right , and peace.
6a. Grand is presented as an antonym of base, a clue that base means lowly.
7. The word “Feud “seems to describe some kind of contrast or conflict between
the rich and poor, a clue that “feud” means a “fight” or “conflict “or “dspute.
8.
Alliteration
Thumb Print
The Drum
Ring Out
Wild Bells
Impress/impl
ant
Big/ Bass
Civic/Slander
Pa-rum rat
tat – tat
ring
Drum/ parum
Cause/laws
Onomatopoeia
Rhyme
Brain/rain
Classwork: T.B. 614-615
 Vocabulary Skill: 1-5
 Grammar Lesson: 1-5
 Reading –Conext Clues: 1-4
Bell Ringer: Tues. 4/17
Read the following poems. Then write the type/form of poem. Then
Provide a quick description.
Poem #1
Type:
Description:
Poem #2
Type:
Description
There once was a clover named Kate,
Who sat on the edge of a plate,
The fancy folk dined,
On foods of all kind,
Then tossed her at quarter past eight.
An old silent pond...
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again.
Limerick
 A limerick is a silly poem with five lines
following the AABBA rhyme scheme.
They are often funny or nonsensical.
 The first, second and fifth lines rhyme
with each other and have the same
number of syllables (typically 8 or
9). The third and fourth lines rhyme
with each other and have the same
number of syllables (typically 5 or 6).
 Limericks often start with the line
"There once was a..." or "There was a..."
Haiku
 Three lined poem
 First line has five syllables . Second line has
seven. Last line has five syllables.
 Originated in Japan.
 Usually about Nature
Poetic Form-T.B. 589
Type of Poem
Description
Poem
Lyric
“Thumbprint” by Eve Merriam
Narrative
“Describe Somebody” by
Jacqueline Woodson
Ballads
Free Verse
“Cat!” by Eleanor Farjeon
Haiku
“The Frog” by Basho Matsuo
Rhyming Couplets
“The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Limericks
“Clover named Kate”
Bell Ringer: Word of the Day
Wed. 4/18/12
Definition:
1. Very heavy ; having
great weight or bulk.
Parts of Speech:
Ponderous = Adjective
Ponderously = Adverb
2. Oppressively unpleasant
or dull. Not lively
Ponderousness= Noun
Ponderous
Synonyms:
Def. 1.
Weighty
Synonyms:
Def. 2.
Boring
Cumbersome
Dull
Heavy
Mind-numbing
Sentence: (with context clues)
Post It Peer Review - Poetry
‘d
Nicholas Sparks: Interview
 11am
Classwork: Poetry – T.B. 620
Read the poems on pages 622-625
Answer questions 1-8 on page 626
Vocabulary Builder on page 627
Classwork: Poetry W.B. 247
 Complete the activities on pages 247251
 Be sure to complete the margin
activities.
 Answer questions 1-4 on page 251.
Bell Ringer: Context CluesTh. 4/19/12
Write down the following sentences. Underline the words that are clues
that help you define the underlined word.
1. She couldn’t understand how the mice eluded the traps ; they were able
to eat all the peanut butter out of the traps without springing the trap.
2. Emily was very fastidious. Her room had to be perfectly clean and organized
or she would be extremely upset.
3. Mary was scared that the dog was going to hurt her baby, but after a while
she found that the dog was innocuous.
Apply the Skills: page 626
2a. The drivers of the concrete mixers are on the backs of the vehicles.
2b. The drivers are very small in comparison to the trucks.
3a. The unusual events include bridges quaking with fear, machines eating
houses, and stairways walking all by themselves.
3b. The speaker has seen suspension bridges moving in the wind, bull
dozers knocking down buildings, and escalators.
4a. The repeated phrases are “Come, /Let us roam the night together singing/”
and “I love you,”
4b. The repetition makes the poem sound like a song with choruses, and
singing is often joyful.
5a. The speaker urges the listener to sing as they roam the night together.
5b. The speaker sees the night as a celebration of love, romance,
and happiness.
6. A trough looks like an elephant’s trunk; it pours the concrete.
7a. It means someone who takes care of elephants.
7b. Context clues tell you that the drivers take care of trucks as caretakers
care for animals .
Apply the skills: Analogies
#8
Concrete Mixers
Are similar to
Elephants
Both are big and taken care of by humans
Relating Factor
“drivers perch like mahouts”
Line in Poem
Simile
Type of Figurative Language
Because
“Concrete Mixers”
Apply the skills: Analogies
#8
Windows
Teeth
Are similar to
Because
“The City is so Big
Relating Factor
Line in Poem
Type of figurative language
Apply the skills: Analogies
#8
Stars
Great Drops of
Are similar to Golden dew
Because
Relating Factor
Line in Poem
Type of figurative language
“Harlem Night Song”
Poetry Test: Study Guide
You will need to know:
Words of the Day
Figurative Language
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Symbolism
14. Epiphany
15. Dichotomy
16. Atrocity
17. Fastidious
18. Innocuous
19. Advocate
Sound Devices
Poems to Study
6. Alliteration
7. Assonance
8. Consonance
9. Onomatopoeia
10. Rhyme
11. Meter
12. Syllable Counts
13. Repetition
20. “Concrete Mixers”
21. “The City is so Big”
22. “Harlem Night Song”
Context Clues
23. Contrast
24. Synonyms
25. Explanation
26. Eample
Using Context Clues: T.B. 635
 Reading: Context Clues on page 635
 Questions 1-5