On Monday, we finished our vignettes and started our poetry unit. We read Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" as a case study in poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, personification, and rhyme.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we continued to work on poetry. In preparation for writing our own poems, we wrote journal entries about the places from which we come. Then, we began to apply the concept of stanzas—a group of lines, or a verse—to that material. We hope to create "Where I Am From" poems in which we describe our origins with as much imagery as possible.
We also went to the pool on Wednesday and played water polo! It was, to most of us, a new and possibly "uncomfortable" experience. However, it will provide us with great writing material.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, we continued to work on poetry. In preparation for writing our own poems, we wrote journal entries about the places from which we come. Then, we began to apply the concept of stanzas—a group of lines, or a verse—to that material. We hope to create "Where I Am From" poems in which we describe our origins with as much imagery as possible.
We also went to the pool on Wednesday and played water polo! It was, to most of us, a new and possibly "uncomfortable" experience. However, it will provide us with great writing material.