ELA 9B
Today the students read for 10 minutes. Then we continued working on writing a variety of poetry. Today we finished the last type of poem from yesterday and added the following types to our repertoire:
DIAMANTE - a poem contrasting two subjects, usually opposites
Line 1 - one noun (a person place or thing) subject # 1
Line 2 - two adjectives (words that describe nouns) describing subject #1
Line 3 - three participles (verbs ending in 'ing') telling about subject #1
Line 4 - four nouns - first 2 related to subject #1, second 2 related to subject #2)
Line 5 - three participles - telling about subject #2
Line 6 - two adjectives - describing subject #2
Line 7 - one noun - subject #2
ABC POEM - a short poem, using an alphabet sequence and expressing a strong emotion
Structure: First 4 lines are clauses (not complete sentences) and each express an emotion. The beginning of each line is written alphabetically. (The first line does not have to start with A, for example you could use M, N, O, P). Then line 5 is a sentence beginning with any letter.
PARTS OF SPEECH POEM - can be on any topic following the structure below:
Line 1 - one article (a, an, the) + one noun (person, place or thing)
Line 2 - one adjective (describing the noun) + one conjunction (joining word - and, but) + second
adjective
Line 3 - one verb (action word) + one conjunction + second verb
Line 4 - one adverb (word describing a verb)
Line 5 - one noun (relating to the noun in the first line), maybe a synonym
TERSE VERSE - a short poem with a very long introduction using large or impressive sounding words and the poem itself containing some rhyming words.
Examples: What Mary was given when her brother turned her around: a SISTER TWISTER
What Jeff did in preparation for reciting his poem: REHEARSE the VERSE
FRENCH 8B
The students looked over their Chaise Chaud questions and then 3 students were in the Hot Seat. The students reviewed pronouns and then reviewed the verb AVOIR (to have) with the following video.
J'ai (I have) Nous avons (We have)
Tu as (You (s) have) Vous avez (You (pl) have)
Il a (He has) Ils ont (They (m) have)
Elle a (She has) Elles ont (They (f) have)
On a (One has)
COMPUTERS 8
The students finished up their Orange Shirt Day, which UCHS will observe on Friday, September 29th, posters in Word and we printed them out. The students then had a chance to add to their Privacy Plans and transfer them to Word to show their skills using this program. We will finish up Privacy Plans during Friday's class.
ELA 9A
The students read for 10 minutes. Then we finished discussing "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. We watched three videos versions and students picked their favourite and wrote a few sentences explaining why it was their favourite.
In our second class of the day students started writing some poetry of their own using the following formats. They were in groups and had ten minutes to try each type of poetry before rotating to a new type of poetry.
HAIKU - a Japanese poem that does not rhyme but follows the following format
Line 1 - 5 syllables
Line 2 - 7 syllables
Line 3 - 5 syllables
* If you want to read some Dad Joke Haikus go to: My Friend's Blog
TANKA - a Japanese poem that does not rhyme but follows the following format
Line 1 - five syllables
Line 2 - seven syllables
Line 3 - five syllables
Line 4 - seven syllables
Line 5 - seven syllables
CINQUAIN - a 5 line poem that follows the specific rules below:
Line 1 - one word of two syllables (may be the title)
Line 2 - four syllables (describing the subject or title)
Line 3 - six syllables (showing action)
Line 4 - eight syllables (expressing a feeling or observation about a subject)
Line 5 - two syllables (describing or renaming the subject)
LANTERN - a Japanese poem written in the shape of a lantern that follows these rules:
Line 1 - one syllable
Line 2 - two syllables
Line 3 - three syllables
Line 4 - four syllables
Line 5 - one syllable
LIMERICK - has both a structure and a rhyme scheme
Line 1 - eight syllables A
Line 2 - eight syllables A
Line 3 - five syllables B
line 4 - five syllables B
Line 5 - eight syllables A
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