Week 13
4/1 - 4/5
Word of the Week:
concrete language (noun): specific literal word usage
Vocab Words:
1. mood (noun): the overall feeling the audience perceives through the author's tone or language choice
2. tone (noun): feeling or attitude of the poem that the author creates through style (ex. happy, sad, melancholy)
3. circumspect (adj): careful, cautious
4. dilemma (noun): a difficult situation or problem
5. unbridled (adj): uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
4/1 Monday Reader's Response: Poetry pre-read as a class (prep for nature walk & introduction to concrete language)
4/2 Tuesday Grammar Flash : No Grammar Flash today (Edison Testing)
4/3 Wednesday Journal Free Write
Topic: Who is your most favorite Poet? What interests you most about poetry? If you had to write a poem about anything, what would it be about?
4/4 Thursday Grammar Flash:
Verbs = actions words
verb phrase: verb that contains more than one verb
ex: Sarah and Jeff are talking on the phone.
(Underline the aux. or helping verb and the main verb in each sentence)
1. She did tell me what you said.
2. Are you watching tv?
3. I did the dishes reluctantly.
4. Are you sure you missed the ending?
4/5 Friday Reader's Respond:
In your textbooks please read the poem “Summer” by Walter Dean Myers on
p. 815. In your tablets please answer the following questions…
Topic:
1. Do you like summer days? Why or why not?
2. What are some of your favorite images of summer?
3. Write one example of rhyme from the poem.
4. Write one example of consonance and list the line number.
4/1 - 4/5
Word of the Week:
concrete language (noun): specific literal word usage
Vocab Words:
1. mood (noun): the overall feeling the audience perceives through the author's tone or language choice
2. tone (noun): feeling or attitude of the poem that the author creates through style (ex. happy, sad, melancholy)
3. circumspect (adj): careful, cautious
4. dilemma (noun): a difficult situation or problem
5. unbridled (adj): uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
4/1 Monday Reader's Response: Poetry pre-read as a class (prep for nature walk & introduction to concrete language)
4/2 Tuesday Grammar Flash : No Grammar Flash today (Edison Testing)
4/3 Wednesday Journal Free Write
Topic: Who is your most favorite Poet? What interests you most about poetry? If you had to write a poem about anything, what would it be about?
4/4 Thursday Grammar Flash:
Verbs = actions words
verb phrase: verb that contains more than one verb
ex: Sarah and Jeff are talking on the phone.
(Underline the aux. or helping verb and the main verb in each sentence)
1. She did tell me what you said.
2. Are you watching tv?
3. I did the dishes reluctantly.
4. Are you sure you missed the ending?
4/5 Friday Reader's Respond:
In your textbooks please read the poem “Summer” by Walter Dean Myers on
p. 815. In your tablets please answer the following questions…
Topic:
1. Do you like summer days? Why or why not?
2. What are some of your favorite images of summer?
3. Write one example of rhyme from the poem.
4. Write one example of consonance and list the line number.