WELCOME TO WRITING …

Get out…• a pen/pencil

Get a blue sheet from the windowsill & begin filling it out.

We will go over the answers in 2 minutes!

I NEED YOUR HELP!

• Please bring in a typed copy of one your papers from this year.

• You can take your name off of it.

• I would like to use it for a workshop that I am presenting tomorrow.

• For any student that helps me, I will present him/her with a merit.

BLUE SHEET ANSWERS…1. Simile2. Repetition3. Idiom4. Allusion5. Personificatio

n6. Imagery7. Rhyme

8. Metaphor9. Alliteration10. Tone11.

Onomatopoeia12. Mood13. voice

9TH : FIND YOUR PARTNER…Max & Sarah W.

Josh & Shivani.

Sydney. & Charlie G.

Chris &Meghan

James & Jane Van & Katie Charlie R. & Ashley

Ryan & Dana

Ali & Sarah R. Jeremy & Leah S.

Liah & Connor Claire & Kevin

YOU HAVE 12 MINUTES TO COMPLETE… 1. Read through the sheet of student poems.

2. Record each title on the chart.

3. Put a check mark next to each poetic device used in each poem.

4. In the last column, write the number of stanzas.

5. Answer the last question in complete sentences.

DID YOU FIND…. a poem that used repetition?

DID YOU FIND…. a poem that used repetition?

“Earth” “I Have the

Right!” “Ocean”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses simile?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that

uses simile? “The Wind” “Fantasy Land” “Ocean”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses metaphor?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses metaphor?

“The Wonders of Fall”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses rhyme?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses rhyme?

“Earth” “I Have the

Right!” “Braces” “Fantasy Land” “ The Wind” “Floating Colors”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses imagery?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses imagery?

“Fantasy Land” “Scared” “The Wonders of

Fall” “Floating Colors” “Apples” “Ocean”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem with personification?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem with personifi-cation?

“Earth” “The Wind” “Fantasy Land” “Scared” “Floating Colors”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem with alliteration?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem with alliteration?

“Apples” “The Wind” “The Wonders of

Fall”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses hyperbole?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem that uses hyperbole?

“Ocean” “Braces”

DID YOU FIND…. A poem written in one stanza?

DID YOU FIND…. A poem written in one stanza?

“Scared” “The Wonders of

Fall” “Floating Colors” “Earth” “Apples” “Oceans” “Braces”

ANSWER BOTH IF YOU HAVE TIME!

Why is it so effective to write “Scared” as one stanza?

Why is it so effective to write “Fantasy Land” into several stanzas?