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Announcements Tutoring Schedule Monday 3:30 – 4:30 Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 Friday 3:30 – 4 The last day to turn in missing or “resubmit” was last Friday. Your Poetry Portfolio and a Final Essay will be the only opportunities you have to bring up any NP’s. Need Volunteers to help put School Writing Book together. Tuesday 3:30 – 4 Extra Credit

Agenda Objective: To create 5 – 6 examples of the figurative language we have learned about: Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Imagery (sensory details) DO NOW: (10 min) Reread and Edit/Type/Finish Poem #2 COLLABORATIVE: (30 min) Create Digital Copy of Brochure DIRECT: (30 min) Alliteration & Spoken Word INDEPENDENT: (30 min) Poem #3 Closing: save your work onto your desktop.

alliteration The repetition of sounds in words or phrases. (Need Worksheet) PETER PIPER picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, then how many picked peppers did peter piper pick. How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgP65cjEyJo

“Hey, I really felt that too… “ 11 – 12 lines 5 – 6 examples of figurative language Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Imagery Alliteration Be creative about the way you use punctuation, spacing, spelling & most importantly, TELL STORIES. Write something that is meant to be heard, not read

Brochure brilliance 1 computer per group While one person is typing their panel, the rest are working on their poems. Open WORD. Click: NEW TEMPLATE > BROCHURE Select one that says TRIFOLD Click DOWNLOAD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxFt_nv0vCs

Wednesday Direct Station: (Poem 1,2 or 3) Finishing or Typing Poetry All 3 Poems are done today! DUE THURS - If poem is not edited today, you need to find someone to edit it for you before you turn it in. COMPLETED Brochure is DUE THURS - 30 min in class on Thurs to Direct Station: (Poem 1,2 or 3) Finishing or Typing Poetry Independent: (Brochure) Researching or Typing up Research Collaborative: (Editing Poetry) Work with a partner to edit a partner’s poetry ( see SLIDE 8)

DO NOW: Editing poetry ELBOW PARTNER: Read over your partners’ work. Highlight misspelled words (don’t change them.. they might want it that way) Underline or circle comparisons that don’t make sense. Leave comments at the bottom or side of the paper. What did you like? What did you connect with? Is the poem complete? Is it long enough? Improve your choice of words? Could your verbs and adjectives be STRONGER? Improve Figurative Language: Change cliché or cheesy comparisons?

Reyanna Vance English 10 P. 4 Ms. Teacher May 16th, 2012 Poem 1: “My Poem” This is a Poem I like this Poem I wrote this Poem It is a Poem Poem Poem From Poem to Poem Poems are nice Poems have lice Edited by Ms. Madruga