Thursday, February 6, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
New due dates because of absences from "Snowpocolypse 2014"
New Dates:
Poetry Test: Feb. 19th
Poetry Out Loud: Feb 20th
Poetry Test: Feb. 19th
Poetry Out Loud: Feb 20th
Monday, February 3, 2014
Poetry Ideas for Writing
Creative Writing Poetry Prompts
1) Write a poem about one or all of the four seasons. (Some ideas for brainstorming: What does the season look, feel, smell like? What memories do you associate with that season?).
2) Write a poem using three of the following words: expensive, lampshade, bruise, convincing.
3) Write a poem about something that happened to someone you know. Write about it as if it had happened to you.
4) Write a poem about your shadow. (Some ideas for brainstorming: How does it change when you move? What does it look like in different kinds of light, in different situations? What would happen if you lost it? Does it have a secret life?)
5) Write a poem using all of the following words: smooth, soothe, work, dark.
6) Write a poem based on a dream you had. Try to reproduce the sensations of the dream.
7) Write a poem based on your belief about life after death... or about what you WISH you believed.
8) Write a poem using all of the following words: snake, honey, thaw.
9) Write a poem from the perspective of a character in a fairy tale.
10) Write a poem using all of the following words: moth, angle, cloth, tangle.
11) Write a poem that tells the story of a specific love affair or marriage.
12) Write a poem in the form of a message or letter to your future self.
13) Write a poem about the color red or another color. (Some ideas for brainstorming: How does the color make you feel? What things do you associate with that color?)
14) Write a poem about a place that frightens you or a place where you feel happy. Try to recreate the feeling of the place.
15) Write a poem using all of the following words: exquisite, visit, glisten.
16) Write a poem about something or someone you lost.
17) Write a poem using all of the following words: dim, hinge, dingy.
19) Write a poem in the form of a lullaby.
20) Write a poem about yourself in which nothing is true.
The above was taken from http://www.creative-writing-now.com/creative-writing-prompts.html
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Notice and Note: Contradictions
Background
Byron and his brother (the narrator) don’t get along real
well. Byron is the oldest and tends to be very mean.
Excerpt from The Watson’s Go to
Birmingham
After
my arm quit hurting from his punch I went back to the alley behind Mitchell’s
to take another look at the dead bird but it was gone. Right in the spot where
the bird had crashed By had dug a little grave, and on top of the grave there
were two Popsicle sticks tied together in a cross.
Leave
it to Daddy Cool to kill a bird, then give it a funeral. Leave it to Daddy Cool
to torture human kids at school all day long and never has his conscience
bother him but to feel sorry for a stupid little grayish brown bird.
I don’t
know, I really wished I was as smart as some people thought I was, ‘cause some
of the time it was real hard to understand what was going on with Byron.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Poetry Out Loud
POETRY OUT LOUD PROJECT
POETRY OUT LOUD: Feb 13th
Poetry Out Loud is a National Recitation Competition for Students; however, it will also be a requirement for this 9-weeks in 6th grade English. This is a 100 point grade and poems should be memorized and recited on Feb 13th. Start MEMORIZING and working on PRESENTATION skills!
Poetry Out Loud is a National Recitation Competition for Students; however, it will also be a requirement for this 9-weeks in 6th grade English. This is a 100 point grade and poems should be memorized and recited on Feb 13th. Start MEMORIZING and working on PRESENTATION skills!
You should have your poem chosen by Monday. Jan. 27th.
Students will be assessed using the following Rubric:
1= very weak 6=Outstanding
Each category (with the exception of the last) is worth 6 points.
Physical Presence (1-6)
Voice and Articulation (1-6)
Appropriateness of Dramatization (1-6)
Level of Difficulty (1-6)
Evidence of Understanding (1-6)
Overall Performance (2-12)
Total Number of Points Earned:_____________
Students may recite any poem of their choice with the exception of song lyrics. The poem must be at least seven lines in length.
Go to http://poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/video-recitation-series for more information and examples of excellent poetry presentation skills.
For the printable contest evaluation sheet: click the following: http://drgilchristsclassblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/poetry-out-loud-evaluation-sheet.html
Look for Poems at www.poetryfoundation.org
Students will be assessed using the following Rubric:
1= very weak 6=Outstanding
Each category (with the exception of the last) is worth 6 points.
Physical Presence (1-6)
Voice and Articulation (1-6)
Appropriateness of Dramatization (1-6)
Level of Difficulty (1-6)
Evidence of Understanding (1-6)
Overall Performance (2-12)
Total Number of Points Earned:_____________
Students may recite any poem of their choice with the exception of song lyrics. The poem must be at least seven lines in length.
Go to http://poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/video-recitation-series for more information and examples of excellent poetry presentation skills.
For the printable contest evaluation sheet: click the following: http://drgilchristsclassblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/poetry-out-loud-evaluation-sheet.html
Look for Poems at www.poetryfoundation.org
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Listen to Sample Poetry Out Loud
Listen to Sample Poetry at
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/listen-to-poetry
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/listen-to-poetry
Subtotal Poetry
What can numbers reveal about a person. Read the following edited poem by
SUBTOTALS
Gregory Burnham.
SUBTOTALS
Number of refrigerators I’ve lived with: 18. Number of
rotten eggs I’ve thrown: 1. Number of finger rings I’ve owned: 3. Number of
broken bones: 0. Number of Purple Hearts: 0. Number of holes in one, big golf:
0; miniature golf:3. Number of consecutive push-ups, maximum: 25. Number of
waist size: 32. Number of gray hairs: 4. Number of children: 4. Number of
suits, business: 2; swimming: 22. Number of cigarettes smoked: 83. Number of
times I’ve kicked the dog: 6. Number of postcards sent: 831; received: 416.
Number of spider plants that died while under my care: 34.
Number of blind dates: 2. Number of jumping jacks: 982,316. Number of
headaches: 184. Number of kisses, given: 21,602, received: 20,041. Number of
belts: 21. Number of mess ups, bad: 6; not so bad: 1,500. Number of weeks at
church camp: 1. Number of houses owned: 0. Number of houses rented: 12. Number
of compliments, given: 4,051; accepted: 2,249. Number of embarrassing moments:
2,258. Number of states visited: 38. Number of traffic tickets: 3. Number of
girlfriends: 4. Number of times fallen off playground equipment, swings: 3;
monkey bars: 2; teeter-totter: 1. Number of times flown in dreams: 28. Number
of times fallen down stairs: 9.
Number of dogs: 1. Number of cats: 7. Number of miracles
witnessed: 1. Number of insults, given: 10,038; received: 8,963. Number of
wrong telephone numbers dialed: 73. Number of times speechless: 33. Number of
times stuck key into electrical socket: 1. Number of birds killed with rocks: 1.
Number of times had the wind knocked out of me: 12. Number of times patted on
the back: 181. Number of times unsure of footing: 458. Number of times fallen
asleep reading a book: 513. Number of deja vu experiences: 43. Number of
emotional breakdowns: 1; Number of times choked on bones, chicken: 4; fish: 6;
other: 3. Number of times I didn’t believe parents: 23,978. Number of
lawn-mowing miles: 3,575. Number of light bulbs changed: 273. Number of
childhood home telephone: 384-621-5844. Number of brothers: 3 2. Number of
times I’ve tried to pick up a girl: 5. Number of time I’ve been shotdown: 5.
Number of stairs walked, up: 745,821; down: 743,609. Number
of hats lost: 9. Number of magazine subscriptions: 41. Number of times seasick:
1. Number of bloody noses: 16. Number of fish caught: 1. Number of time heard
“The Star Spangled Banner”: 2,410. Number of babies held in arms: 9. Number of
times I forgot what I was going say: 631.
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