1. Bellwork for January 27, 2014 For each sentence complete the following: copy the sentence, identify the sentence pattern, and diagram. 1. Excitedly, Jim waited for the movie premiere. 2. Beautiful flowers sprang from the ground. 3. Children play at the park. 4. The dog gnawed on the bone. 5. He laughed at the joke. 6. The dogs and the cats quietly approached and swiftly fought against one another.

2. You will be creating a book of original poetry over the next two weeks. You will complete six to seven different poems. You will complete a rough draft of each poem. You will then edit and revise each poem. For the final product, you will create a final draft (either neatly written or typed) that is also illustrated. This book will equal 200 test points.

3. Repetition Poem Brainstorming Think of a specific time of day or night. It could be midnight, noon, sunrise, sunset, etc. What happens during that time of day? Brainstorm a list. Think of what animals are doing, you’re doing, and nature is doing.

4. Repetition Poem Create a poem of stanzas, 10 lines each. In each stanza, tell what happens one minute after the specific time you brainstormed. (“One minute after midnight…”, “One minute after sunrise…”, “One minute after noon…”, etc.)

5. Repetition Poem Your poem should be formatted like the following example: One minute after midnight black is the dominant color. One minute after midnight spiders spin webs of dreams. One minute after midnight owls hoot and haunt thick forests. One minute after midnight stars begin to people-gaze. One minute after midnight Words dance in books while authors sleep. This is one stanza of your poem. Notice the repetition and end punctuation. Your poem must have personification, alliteration, and an onomatopoeia.