Figurative Language Completion and Hospitality

Figurative Language Completion and Hospitality

by | Dec 16, 2008 | Update

Everyone, once again, was working on poetry today. First period finished looking at figurative language today. We ended by adding a poem to the poetry project list of required poems: a poem about urban and/or rural life. (All three poems we read for figurative...
Poetry and Homeric Similes

Poetry and Homeric Similes

by | Dec 15, 2008 | Update

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....

Nouns and Discussion

by | Sep 2, 2008 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods completed a review of “Cub Pilot”, discussed some grammar (the formation of plural nouns), and reviewed some vocabulary. We’ll be having a selection test tomorrow. Second period discussed the eight chapters (!!) they...