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Similes and Metaphors
Personification
Poetic Devices in Songs
NOUNS.....
(Click on the links below for extra practice.)
A noun is a person, place, or thing
Noun Song
Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
(Click on the Red links for extra practice.)
The Proper Noun
Common and Proper Nouns
Proper Noun Quiz
Singular and Plural Nouns
(Click on the Red links for extra practice.)
English Zone
Quia Challenge Board
Fun Brain: The Plural Girls
Possessive Nouns
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Possessive Noun Quia Game
My English Grammar
GRAMMAR AND WRITING
GRAMMAR INFO!
Our new English textbook has wonderful online resources! Please see the following link for additional practice, proofreading passages, and online games and activities. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/grammar/workshop.cfm
Click Level Blue
FINAL DRAFT FORMAT for ALL PAPERS!!!!!!
(PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS IN THIS FORMAT!)
Throughout the year students will be asked to turn in writing papers, book project questions, and other assignments in final draft format. The requirements for this are listed to the right. If for any reason your printer is not working,
please e-mail the document as an attachment to me at: [email protected].
Our new English textbook has wonderful online resources! Please see the following link for additional practice, proofreading passages, and online games and activities. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/grammar/workshop.cfm
Click Level Blue
FINAL DRAFT FORMAT for ALL PAPERS!!!!!!
(PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS IN THIS FORMAT!)
Throughout the year students will be asked to turn in writing papers, book project questions, and other assignments in final draft format. The requirements for this are listed to the right. If for any reason your printer is not working,
please e-mail the document as an attachment to me at: [email protected].
Final Draft Format
1. Typed 2. Black ink 3. Double-spaced 4. Times New Roman or Arial 5. Font size no larger than 12 6. Standard Margins |
Don't forget to PROOFREAD your work! Never turn in a piece of writing without reading through it and checking for mistakes!
Click on the "Proofreading" link below to edit your paper! PROOFREADING |
MONTHLY POEMS...
Each month, you will be asked to find AND write a poem with a specific format. Please check this page for the directions each month. The due date will always be announced in class. It will be your responsibility to check this page and see the teacher if you have any questions BEFORE the end of the month!
Poems not your thing? Here are some tips for writing a successful poem!
(Info from www2.scholastic.com)
Poems not your thing? Here are some tips for writing a successful poem!
(Info from www2.scholastic.com)
Go to a place where you can concentrate.
It's pretty hard to collect your thoughts when your computer is 8 feet away, tempting you to IM your best bud, your friend calls you every 5 minutes to tell you about her crush, or the football game is on the TV in the next room. Go somewhere that's conducive to creating your best work. Some poets need silence to compose quality verse; others thrive surrounded by hustle, bustle, noise, and people. Try writing in a few different places before you commit to a location, whether it's the coffee shop down the street or by the big willow tree in your backyard. |
Start writing and don't pick up the pen from the page for at least 5 minutes.
Once you've found a poetry-writing spot, whip out your pen and notebook and start writing. It doesn't really matter about what — just keep the pen on the page for at least 5 minutes. Don't worry about punctuation or spelling or neatness. Nobody's grading this portion of your poetry! This is an exercise to flex the creative muscle in your brain. When the time is up, you may realize that a lot of what you wrote isn't going to make it into your poem — but with a little luck and a lot of writing, you'll find a string of words that you're proud to have created. |
Use all your senses.
Refresher course: you have 5 — that's right, 5 — senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. In poetry, you can express them all. In an effective poem, you'll often find that the best lines are the ones where the words describe something so vividly that you can "see" what the author's describing in your imagination. So pay attention to how the distinctive "dings" in your beat-up bicycle look, the taste of your mom's made-from-scratch chocolate-chip banana bread, the scent of laundry just out of the dryer, the way a new pair of running shoes feels, and the sound of a thunderstorm in the distance. All of those sense experiences can easily become a poem. |
Play some music.
Poetry is meant to be read aloud, so when you write your descriptive, evocative, expressive, insert-other-adjective-here poem, say the words as you write them. This will help you get a feel for the rhythm of your verse, which is one of the most important aspects of poetry. One of the best ways to do this? If you can deal with the potential distraction, play music while you write. You'll be tapping your foot to your favorite tunes, subconsciously using the rhythm as a frame for your own words. |
Look at the mundane in a different way.
Ever get up really, really close to something — so close that you have to adjust your eyes by squinting? Try it sometime. When you look at ordinary objects in a different light or from a new perspective, all of a sudden those things aren't nearly as common. So try something different, like looking at your bedroom while standing on your head or getting as close as you can to the bathroom mirror to describe your own eye. Finding unusual details in stuff you see or do every day is all part of poetry. |
Do something out of the ordinary with your words.
The structure of a sentence is less strict in poetry than in your usual Language Arts class. Rearrange the order of your words or try out descriptions you wouldn't normally use. As long as it makes sense, anything goes — if it's complete gibberish though, your teacher won't understand what you're trying to do creatively and you probably won't get the best grade. |
MONTHLY POEMS
April Poem
Remember...you must FIND a POEM, write it in your sketch pad, illustrate it...THEN...write your own poem and illustrate it!
Poems I Like by other Authors
Find a poem written by a poet you like. Copy that poem into your poetry book. Illustrate it.
Write your own poem, using the poem you found as a model.
Don't forget to illustrate both poems!
Find a poem written by a poet you like. Copy that poem into your poetry book. Illustrate it.
Write your own poem, using the poem you found as a model.
Don't forget to illustrate both poems!
March Poem
Remember...you must FIND a POEM, write it in your sketch pad,
illustrate it....THEN....Write your own Poem and illustrate it!
LIMERICK
A limerick is a funny little poem containing FIVE LINES. It has very distinctive rhythm and rhyme pattern.
Taken from Giggle Poetry by Bruce Lansky. How to Write a Limericak --http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html
YOUR ASSIGNMENT.....FIRST, you need to find a List poem that has already been written by someone else. Don't forget to write the name of the author and the title! Then illustrate this poem in your sketch pad.
NEXT, write your own! Your MARCH Poem needs to have THREE DIFFERENT LIMERICKS. Each Limerick should be 5 lines long. Don't forget to illustrate your poem when you are finished!
Check out the examples below! You may NOT use this as the poem you found. You will need to find another one.
There was a young lady from Leeds
Who swallowed a package of
seeds.
Now this sorry young lass
Is quite covered in grass,
But has
all the tomatoes she needs.
by Anonymous
An ambitious young fellow named Matt
Tried to parachute using his
hat.
Folks below looked so small
As he started to fall,
Then got
bigger and bigger and SPLAT!
by Graham Lester
There was a young schoolboy of Rye,
Who was baked by mistake in a pie.
To his mother’s disgust
He emerged through the crust,
And exclaimed,
with a yawn, "Where am I?"
by Anonymous
Who swallowed a package of
seeds.
Now this sorry young lass
Is quite covered in grass,
But has
all the tomatoes she needs.
by Anonymous
An ambitious young fellow named Matt
Tried to parachute using his
hat.
Folks below looked so small
As he started to fall,
Then got
bigger and bigger and SPLAT!
by Graham Lester
There was a young schoolboy of Rye,
Who was baked by mistake in a pie.
To his mother’s disgust
He emerged through the crust,
And exclaimed,
with a yawn, "Where am I?"
by Anonymous