Poetry and Homeric Similes

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First period finished up the mini-unit on sound devices and moved on to figurative language:

  • simile,
  • metaphor, and
  • personification.

We began by looking at one poem (“Concrete Mixers”) in pairs for examples of all three forms of figurative language.

First period at work

First period at work

We’ll be having a quiz tomorrow on the vocabulary terms in “Concrete Mixers”.

Second period worked on Homeric similes before starting with the second part of the Odyssey. Students discussed examples from the text; afterward, students worked in pairs to create their own examples.

Discussing Homeric Similes

Discussing Homeric Similes

Fourth and sixth periods had short tests on sound devices. After the test, we began working on figurative language.

Homework
  • First period: vocabulary quiz tomorrow on “Concrete Mixer” terms.
  • Second period: complete Homeric similes.
  • Fourth period: vocabulary quiz tomorrow on “Concrete Mixer” terms.
  • Sixth periods: none.
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About Mr. Scott

One of three eighth-grade English Language Arts teachers at Hughes Academy, I have fourteen years' experience in the classroom, including experience teaching English as a Foreign Language and working with at-risk youth. Most of my teaching experience is international. For seven years, I taught English in a small village in the south of Poland. It was a constant challenge, but immensely rewarding. My first job when I returned to the States was as a teaching assistant in an EC classroom, working primarily with children on the autism spectrum. During the 2006/7 school year, I worked at a day-treatment facility for at risk youth, teaching social studies, science, and social skills. I graduated from King College in Bristol, Tennessee with a degree in English, minoring in Secondary Education.

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