Poetry
What is a paragraph in a poem called?
a STANZA
What does the word RESPONSIBLE mean in the sentence below
The police were able to arrest the person responsible for the robbery.
a. who is a thief
b. who is guilty
c. who does what they should do
d. who is fast
b. who is guilty
In an essay on CMAS, should you spend more time quoting the text or explaining your thoughts and evidence in your own words? Why?
Explaining
Read the following beginning of a CMAS response where a student was supposed to continue the story of the god of lava, Pele.
I think that next Pele would try to make up with her sister. Maybe she would admit that she was wrong about burying Lohiau in lava when she was angry. They maybe Hi'iaka would forgive her and they could make up.
What is the biggest problem with this attempt?
The biggest issue is that this is NOT a story. It's just the student saying what could happen.
What are 2 ways poets use to compare unlike things in order to emphasize the one thing they have in common?
SIMILE and METAPHOR
What would the best strategy be to figure out the meaning of UNLOVEABLE in the following sentence:
Mark was almost unloveable.
a. Morphology (word parts)
c. Context (other words in the sentence or close by)
d. Clues (like definitions or opposites)
a. morphology
it comes from adding UN- and -ABLE to the word LOVE
Read the body paragraph from the PACE essay below. What is missing from this paragraph?
The first example is when the text book says, "Only a house quiet as snow, a space for myself to go, clean as paper before the poem." This quote shows that Esperanza grew because she doesn't just want a house that other people will admire like before. She wants a house that will make her feel at peace.
The first C (yellow) is missing. This student forgot to explain their example in their own words before copying from the book?
Read the beginning of the following story written by a student on CMAS who was supposed to rewrite the vignette "Smart Cookie" from the mom's point of view.
Hi, I'm Esperanza's mom. One day, I was cooking oatmeal and listening to opera. Esperanza was making fun of how I sing so I told her, "What did you say to me?" She is really disrespectful sometimes. "Go to your room right now!" I shouted.
What is the biggest problem with this story?
It doesn't include what actually happened in the book and changes parts that should be the same (like what the mom says to Esperanza)
Which words rhyme in this poem?
Wishes
What do you look for, what do you seek?
A silver bird with a golden beak.
What do you long for, what do you crave?
Golden gems in a silver cave.
CRAVE and CAVE
What does the word EFFICIENT mean in the following sentence:
It's more efficient to use a calculator to solve 56x23. After all, we don't want to spend all afternoon drawing rectangles.
a. correct
b. lazy
c. big
d. fast
d. fast
Read the following body paragraph from a PACE essay. What is missing?
Another difference between erosion and earthquakes is how fast they happen. Earthquakes happen really fast and erosion sometimes takes millions of years to really see a lot of change. That is a very slow process which is really different from an earthquake because earthquakes happens so quickly in just a few minutes without any warning.
QUOTES and SPECIFIC EXAMPLES from the text.
Read the following beginning of a CMAS response where a student was supposed to continue the story of Esperanza when she come back to her neighborhood.
The following year, I returned to Mango street. First I went to see my old friends. We went out to lunch. Then I went to see my old house. It was pretty much the same. Finally, I went to my old school and saw the nuns. They were still there.
What is the biggest problem with this story?
There is no dialogue or descriptions of how Esperanza feels or what she is thinking.
Which line of this poem contains a simile or a metaphor? Why?
Why We Play Basketball
1 It is just a game
2 we are told by those
3 who cannot play it
4 unless it is play.
5 For us, it is war,
6 often desparate
7 and without reason.
What does WHITENING mean in the following sentence
These photos show the relationship between pollution, climate change, and coral whitening. The coral reef lose almost all their color as a result.
a. dying
b. becoming white
c. getting hotter
d. growing
b. becoming white
Read the body paragraph from a PACE essay below. What is missing?
One reason that the colonists decided to declare independence was because they didn't think that having a king was a good way to run a government. In chapter 4 of our book it says, "Paine argued that the colonies should separate from Great Britain and form a republic—a government made up of elected representatives".
The E (red) sentence. They never explained the quote the chose and why it proved their PA.
Read the following beginning of a CMAS response where a student was supposed to change the perspective of the vignette "Our Good Day" to be from Rachel's point of view.
Hi, I'm Rachel. A girl named Esperanza just walked up to us. She has another friend who said to her that she wanted to be her friend until Thursday, so that's why she wants to be my friend. She likes me because even though I don't talk that much she likes when I smile with all my teeth.
What is the biggest problem with this attempt?
Rachel is talking about Esperanzas thoughts and feelings, which she wouldn't know instead of talking about her own thoughts and feelings.
What is the anaphora in this poem?
They Were My People
They were those who cut cane
to the rhythm of the sunbeat
They were those who carried cane
to the rhythm of the sunbeat
They were women weeding, carrying babies
to the rhythm of the sunbeat
"to the rhythm of the sunbeat"
What does the word RUN mean in the poem below?
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore --
And then run?
a. to go fast
b. to try and get elected
c. to work well
d. to spill out
d. to spill out
Complete the paragraph below with a sentence that makes sense and adds the part that is missing.
Another inventor that learned from their mistakes was Alexander Fleming. He discovered that penicillin killed bacteria after leaving some of his experiments out while he went on vacation. In the text it says, "Unsurprisingly, one of the cultures had become contaminated—invaded—by a fungus, a kind of mold. But surprisingly, the fungus seemed to be preventing the bacteria from growing around it." _____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Something like:
This quote shows how Fleming learned that mistakes can lead to invention because he used the mistake he made of leaving his experiment out to invent medicine that can kill bacteria (penicillin).
Read the following beginning of a CMAS response where a student was supposed to change the point of view of vignette 9 to be told by one of the magical sisters.
Do you want to know about the sister's perspective? I think the sister could tell that Esperanza wanted to leave Mango street, and that's why she asked to talk to her. Maybe she just wanted to convince her that Mango Street was actually a pretty good place. Or maybe she thought Esperanza would feel lonely if she never came back...
What is the biggest problem with this attempt?
This is not a story -- it's the beginning of an essay instead.