Vocabulary and Context Clues in Poetry

by | Dec 3, 2010 | English 8, Update

Today in first period class we read a poem by Nikki Giovanni called “The Drum,” on page 610. After we read the poem we went through the steps of understanding the poem. Then, when we got done with that we received a vocabulary chart of words and some were...

More Context Clues

by | Dec 3, 2010 | English I Honors, Update

Second and sixth periods, we worked on context clues. We went over four ways we can determine a word’s meaning through the context clues. We began using a vocabulary chart to track unknown words in poems and how we’re using context clues to figure out the...
Cat! Scat!

Cat! Scat!

by | Dec 2, 2010 | English I Honors, Update

Second and sixth periods worked on sound devices (onomatopoeia and rhythm) and context clues, reading the poem “Cat!” by Eleanor Farjeon. Cat! Atter her, atter her, Sleeky flatterer, Spitfire chatterer, Scatter her, scatter her Wuff! Wuff! Treat her rough!...

Our World and Bias

by | Nov 17, 2009 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods looked at Georgia Douglas Johnson’s poem “Your World” as a model for the second poem in our poetry portfolio project. Your world is as big as you make it. I know, for I used to abide In the narrowest nest in a...
Poetry, Context, and a Question of Trust

Poetry, Context, and a Question of Trust

by | Nov 16, 2009 | Update

First and seventh periods worked on using context clues to determine unfamiliar words’ meanings. Second period went over their animal poems (that must exhibit clear meter as well as onomatopoeia). Fourth period took some time to correct their parts of speech...