Vocabulary
What is an inference?
a feeling or opinion that is hinted at in a text but not said explicitly
Name 3 types of cells involved in the circulatory system?
- red blood cells
- white blood cells
- body cells
Give an example of someone who is great hearted
- Catherine
- Anna
- Your children
(also... Helen Keller, Anne Frank, Clara Barton)
Is there a specific required amount of stanzas or lines for a poem?
no
How do you annotate a text?
1) underline
2) jot --> use your own words !!!
What is paraphrasing?
When you take a quote and put it into your own words
Why are there two sides of a heart?
to carry blood away from the heart like to the rest of your body
to carry blood towards the heart and your lungs
What does it mean when someone says to wear your heart on your sleeve?
To be vulnerable
What is a concrete poem?
When your poem is in the shape of what the poem is about.
What is an idiom? Give three examples.
*bonus points if it is about hearts
- my head is barely above water
- from the bottom of my heart I love you
- she has a heart made out of gold
What is meter? Can you give an example?
There is a pattern of the same number of syllables in one line with specific emphasis.
miles to go before I sleep
Why is blood red?
There's iron, oxygen and water in your blood that mix together almost like rust
Give three adjectives to describe someone who is great hearted
- selfless
- kind
- helpful
- persevering
- compassionate
Name three poetic tools.
- imagery
- stanzas & stanza breaks
- lines & line breaks
- repetition
- rhyming
- free verse
- meter
- alliteration
- onomatopoeia
how many hearts does an octopus have?
three
What are the scientific words for types of white blood cells?
- B lymphocytes
- leukocytes
what are the names of the chambers in the heart
right atrium
left atrium
right ventricle
left ventricle
Who is Dr. Gross and why was he great hearted?
- first doctor to do a non amputation surgery where he tried to keep the unhealthy limb
- he taught medical students while doing surgeries
Name three famous poets
- William Carlos Williams
- Shel Silverstein
- Robert Frost
- Mr. Walter Dean Myers
- Emily Dickinson
If you needed a transplanted valve where would it come from?
a pig!
What is a coronary angiogram?
where doctors remove a block from an artery without doing open surgery
Is there blue blood? Explain!
- not REALLY blue
- it's blue in illustrations because low in oxygen
Who said the quote: "wherever you go, go with you whole heart"
Confucius
how are poetry and prose different?
poetry - poem --> maybe more imagery & more about the structure of the piece
prose - essay/ story
What is the order of how blood flows through your heart?
through the left atrium then out from the left ventricle