by Mr. Scott | Dec 13, 2010 | English I Honors, Update
Second and sixth periods used a figurative language graphic organizer in examining similes, metaphors, and personification in three poems. Fourth period continued poetry presentations. We’ll have the final presentations tomorrow, after which we’ll do a...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 9, 2010 | Update
Today in first period we got in our groups that were assigned to us on yesterday and we made a poetry poster. On this poster we had to read three poems and find a metaphor in each of them and tell what the metaphor was compared to and the simalarities it has to the...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 8, 2010 | English I Honors, Update
Second and sixth periods had an abrupt change of plans: I decided last-minute to go over timed writing skills to complement last night’s homework. It was about poetry, so it kept us on target, but I felt we should take the time to deal with the important...
by Mr. Scott | Nov 19, 2009 | Update
First, second, and fourth periods all worked on figurative language: similes, metaphors, and personification. We looked at three poems that use figurative language: “Concrete Mixers,” “The City is So Big,” and “Harlem Night Song.”...
by Mr. Scott | Dec 17, 2008 | Update
First period began the last section of poetry for the week: imagery. We looked at one particularly amusing poem called “The Country” by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins (Wikipedia overview). I particularly like Collins’ work. His poetry is very...
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