Poetry
Give ONE example of figurative language.
EITHER simile, metaphor, hyperbole or personification
What is the minimum amount of words to get total points (declamation)?
300
Name THREE book club books available for the book club unit.
EITHER, They Both Die at the End, Superman Smashes the Clan, All American Boys, The Downstairs Girl, The Thing about Jellyfish, The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, Turtle All Summer Long, The Seventh Most Important Thing, Brown Girl Dreaming, King and the Dragon Flies, City of Embers, Dragon Pearl, or the Children of Blood and Bone.
This year, we learned that FANBOYS, or coordinating conjunctions, are words that can add more to a sentence. Name THREE conjunctions that are part of FANBOYS.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Where did we go for our fall field trip?
Tree Top Adventure
What is an end-stopped line?
a line of poetry that ends in punctuation to put emphasis on the sentence.
Name three things you should do to communicate confident body language
Who was the main character of the first book we read?
Ponyboy
Where do the
Breadcrumb notes
How do you spell Mr. E's name?
Etscovtiz
Name the title of a poem we read this year.
Oranges, The Hedgehog, Sidewalk Racer, Valentine for Ernest Mann, Onomatopoeia,
Spell out the name of the unit
D-E-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N
What story did we read that was during the Great Depression?
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Who were the evil, monster children in The Veldt?
Peter and Wendy
What is the name of my dog?
Dawson
Give TWO examples of sound devices.
COULD BE onomatopoeia, alliteration, slant rhyme, internal rhyme, assonance, consonance, or personification.
What is the definition of tone?
The author's attitude toward what they are writing/speaking about
What were Johnny's famous last words?
"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold"
In what story did the character Jim Blair evolve over time to overcome his guilt and become more involved with his son's life?
Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push by Walter Dean Myers
What was the date of Poetry Day?
May 8th
Give ALL examples of figurative language.
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification.
A popular selection of declamation are graduation speeches, also known as these types of speeches--spell out this word.
C-o-m-m-e-n-c-e-m-e-n-t
What was Little Man's real name?
Clayton Chester
Name the author who wrote Seventh Grade and wrote the poem "Oranges"
Gary Soto
Onomatopoeia