Tuesday, March 1

This is a student work day. Students will complete a variety of activities.
1. Grammar Worksheet—On this worksheet, there are two sentences. For each of the sentences, students need to answer a series of multiple choice questions identifying things like the parts of speech, sentence parts, etc.
2. Poetry Scavenger Hunt—Students were given a sheet with a list of poetry vocabulary words on it, like narrative poem or metaphor. Students needed to hunt through their textbook for examples of that term and write it on a sheet of paper. This is a good review of poetry terms.
3. Poetry Book—Students were given time to work on poems for their poetry books.

POETRY SCAVENGER HUNT REQUIREMENTS
Find 15 things minimum!

You know what a scavenger hunt is, right? It’s where people are challenged to search for various things on a list of items. Since we’re currently doing poetry, let’s have a scavenger hunt for poetry things as a way to review everything we’ve learned.

Below is a list of 25 terms and poetry techniques. You are to go through your textbook, find examples of these different things, and write down the examples on a separate sheet of paper. You also may need to explain the example. At the end of the block, turn this paper in to the teacher.

For example, maybe you decided to look for “personification.” You find a good example of personification in the poem “Moon Tiger” (p. 324). On your paper, you should write:

Personification “Moon Tiger”, by Denise Levertov (p.324)
In this poem, Levertov compares the moon to a tiger. It prowls sleekly around the room. When the moonlight comes through the blinds, it looks like stripes.

Here’s the list of items!!

Personification
Figurative language
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Alliteration
End rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Refrain
Internal rhyme
Assonance
Consonance
Diction
Lyric poem
Narrative Poem
Dramatic Poem
Sonnet
Ballad
Haiku
Limerick
Concrete/shape poem
Free verse