tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70807450028244406102024-03-13T17:41:09.957-07:00Smyser Elementray School PoetryUpdated weekly, this site showcases poetry from the 2007-2008 Hands on Stanzas Residency, provided by the Poetry Center of Chicago.Cassie Sparkman, Poet in Residencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00472910555378255990noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-61927645376843944452008-04-05T23:43:00.000-07:002008-04-06T00:05:04.676-07:00Ekphrastic Poetry<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For one of our last classes together we looked at four paintings and responded to them by writing poems. This is called writing <span style="font-style: italic;">Ekphrastic Poetry</span> = meaning you respond to another piece of art. We read a poem called, <span style="font-style: italic;">Girl at Sewing Machine </span>by Mary Reder, based on a painting by artist Edward Hopper. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The paintings we looked at: (we suggest you look for them via the internet!)<br /><br />From the Lake No. 1, 1924<br />Georgia O'Keeffe<br /><br />The Blindman's Meal, 1903<br />Pablo Picasso<br /><br />Jasper Johns<br />Periscope<br /><br />Frida and Diego Rivera<br />Frida Kahlo<br /><br />Our responses in forms of poems. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">(Take a look at how well we have mastered line and stanza work!)<br /></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gabriel G. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A blind man touching what he has<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">to eat. Reminds me of Helen Keller. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Being amazed by the blind man<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">eating. Why did you draw this picture<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">he was in the crowd. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:placetype><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lake</span></b></st1:PlaceType><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span></b><st1:placename><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dreams</span></b></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Michael E. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This lake is<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">not an ordinary <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lake. It is the <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lake of dreams<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">it has a soft pillow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">in the middle of it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">that we like to <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">call a cloud. Rain’s<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">tear drops startles <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the lake. The <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lake changed<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">colors yellow, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">blue, green and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">red. Now the waves<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">of silk splashes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">upon the streams<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">for if this lake<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">will change colors it will always be<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the lake of dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Frida the Confusing Girl<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lizbeth C. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Frida likes her friends <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">she draws them on paintings<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">she wants to show her culture. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">She is very famous. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Her drawing shows how she<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">feels around Diego Rivera.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It looks like Diego is<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a painter like Frida.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Frida might work with Diego. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">They are really close friends<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">they might even be more<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">than friends at this time. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Is Frida sad, happy or mad<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You can barely tell about<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">her because she is confusing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jasper Johns –Periscope<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sebastian O. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I see words, I see letters. I see<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a hand. The hand is growing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a word. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">From the </span></b><st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lake</span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Brittany W. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The lake is<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a tough storm <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">howling like a <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">wolf<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">whispering like<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the wind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">there is a <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ship a<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">fox a<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">whale and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a storm <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">with huge waves<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">there was a <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">crash, boom, and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">then a storm <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the people on <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the ship<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">need <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">help. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">From the </span></b><st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lake</span></b></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ahmad I. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a lake with <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a killer whale<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">and a meteor<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">about to <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">fall but<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the whale<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">tires to call<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">and the skies<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">shining like<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a newborn <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">sea of beautiful <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">colors but<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">not a rainbow<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a beautiful <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">color you cannot<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">miss and a <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">bird flying<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">as the <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">banana is<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">crying <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">because <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">he lost his <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">banana <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">peal and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a fish <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">jumping<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">off the sea<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">as the giant<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">stays on the <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">land. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Deanne A. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I love how made dark to light<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">on the waves and when you look<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">very close I see a birds head and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">storm clouds of night. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">why, because<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">when, now<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">where, there<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">how, image<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">what, river<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">who, a friend. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Blindmans Meal <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Osvaldo R.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I was lonely <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">no one with me<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">but the scent of the soup<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">is with me<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I know I am blind<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">but the scent stays with me. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Monika B. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is the dove pink and holding a ribbon?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Is it because they are married?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is he holding many brushes and a plate to <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">hold his paint? Is it because he will <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">paint Frida? Why are they standing doing <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">nothing? Is it because they are being<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">painted. Why is she wearing a crown?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Is it because she will become a <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Queen. What are the words on the <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">ribbon? Are they vows they<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">wrote to each other?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">From the </span></b><st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lake</span></b></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Tracy L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It seems so <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">colorful like<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a rainbow exploded <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">and turned into <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a river by a<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">mountain. Red, yellow, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">all kinds of blue, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">green, white, and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">gray. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Wave<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Annie K. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The colors go in<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">like a wave, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">it makes it so nice<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">like a person being quiet, <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">it looks like you can <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">put a boat right there. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So the colors all blend in. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:placename><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sunshine</span></b></st1:PlaceName><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><st1:placetype><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lake</span></b></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ben Groth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It looks like a<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">lake or<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">maybe an eel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">very colorful<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">aqua to white<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">with very bright<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">sunshine. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 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font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-88363144101324793052008-03-21T13:39:00.000-07:002008-03-21T13:56:24.371-07:00Editing versus Revision & Line Breaks & Reading Aloud.<span style="font-weight: bold;">In the month of March we spent time focusing on some of the more technical aspects of poetry. We went over <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="font-style: italic;">Revision & Editing</span> & </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">practiced line breaks and reading aloud.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Over all the entire fourth grade is getting ready for our Pajama Poetry Party that will be held on Tuesday April 8th. We will be reading a poem apiece that we have written.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;">Revision is what we do as Poets in order to fully show a reader what it is we are trying to say. We have to remember to use clear images, concrete details and the five senses. (hint: the clothing of the poem)<br /><br />Editing is what we do when you as a Poet decided where you want a period or a certain word. It's also helpful to realize that editing is about making changes to the poem, not necessarily to the ideas or images. (hint: the bones of the poem)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">LINE WORK & STANZA WORK = as a fourth grade class we went over the importance of creating lines <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">versus sentences. <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">We also worked on looking at the difference between a <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">paragraph</span> in a book and a stanza of a poem.<br />(hint: take a poem and rewrite the poem so it looks like a paragraph. read it in both the original poem format, then read it as a paragraph... you will see and hear a difference!)<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Reading Aloud: there are five things we have to remember when reading aloud.<br />1. Posture<br />2. Diction<br />3. Don't be afraid!<br />4. Read slowly<br />5. PRACTICE!!!<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-87384587626239293002008-02-22T20:04:00.000-08:002008-02-22T20:13:09.601-08:00Ode to ode we sing our songs.<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:100%;">If you were asked to write an </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:180%;" >Ode <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-size:100%;">you may just need to keep this in mind: put the word <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >Ode</span> in the title, focus on details concerning the subject, and remember to really <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">celebrate what you are writing about! </span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We spent two weeks going over odes and we also did a lot of work with the breaking of our <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">lines in the poems -<br /></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Here are some of our Odes! (ode = song in Greek!) </span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to a blue sky<o:p></o:p><br />Lizbeth C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The blue sky is like <o:p></o:p><br />heaven. It picks<o:p></o:p><br />me up from the <o:p></o:p><br />ground. It is a bright<o:p></o:p><br />blue light with cotton balls. <o:p></o:p><br />The blue sky is<o:p></o:p><br />like a dream of <o:p></o:p><br />my own. I love<o:p></o:p><br />the sky because <o:p></o:p><br />it tells the <o:p></o:p><br />sun to come<o:p></o:p><br />out so kids<o:p></o:p><br />can play. <o:p></o:p><br />The sky <o:p></o:p><br />tells the <o:p></o:p><br />wind to pick <o:p></o:p><br />up leaves. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to my room<o:p></o:p><br />Michael E.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">My mom bought<o:p></o:p><br />me a<o:p></o:p><br />bed to<o:p></o:p><br />put in my <o:p></o:p><br />room. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>My room has<o:p></o:p><br />a tv<o:p></o:p><br />I call it<o:p></o:p><br />a robot from <o:p></o:p><br />the future<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>my room has<o:p></o:p><br />a PS2 I call <o:p></o:p><br />a rectangle<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>my room now<o:p></o:p><br />has a poster<o:p></o:p><br />that I call a<o:p></o:p><br />piece of paper. <o:p><br /><br /></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to the letter O<o:p></o:p><br />Alliyah L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why choose a circle? <o:p></o:p><br />You could be swirly,<o:p></o:p><br />straight, but why<o:p></o:p><br />round. <o:p></o:p><br />I’m thinking you<o:p></o:p><br />stole it from zero <o:p></o:p><br />because a zero is an O <o:p></o:p><br />O please change<o:p></o:p><br />your shape so<o:p></o:p><br />zero can be happy <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to a banana split <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span><br />Ryan V. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">A banana split is like a rocking<o:p></o:p><br />yellow boat in the sea. <o:p></o:p><br />It<o:p></o:p><br />tastes like a creamy ice cream with <o:p></o:p><br />peanuts surrounding it. <o:p></o:p><br />When you move it, it shakes like<o:p></o:p><br />a windy storm in the sea crashing in the <o:p></o:p><br />banana. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to the computer mouse <o:p></o:p><br />Ewelina M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>My dad bought me<o:p></o:p><br />a computer<o:p></o:p><br />mouse<o:p></o:p><br />that moves as fast<o:p></o:p><br />as a rocketship<o:p></o:p><br />when I click it<o:p></o:p><br />it squeaks <o:p></o:p><br />as a cold car<o:p></o:p><br />it sleeps in my <o:p></o:p><br />room<o:p></o:p><br />and tickles the computer<o:p></o:p><br />the mouse has a long<o:p></o:p><br />tail <o:p></o:p><br />and you could <o:p></o:p><br />pet <o:p></o:p><br />it everyday. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to a pair of slime <o:p></o:p><br />Allen L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>It sounds like<o:p></o:p><br />a really <o:p></o:p><br />small piece<o:p></o:p><br />of salt<o:p></o:p><br />rolling in<o:p></o:p><br />the wind<o:p></o:p><br />breaking<o:p></o:p><br />free of some<o:p></o:p><br />kind of enemy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to an Exclamation Point!<o:p></o:p><br />Mark V. <o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>You can make a exclamation point <o:p></o:p><br />how ever you want !!!! <o:p></o:p><br />If you want to scream just draw<o:p></o:p><br />It <o:p></o:p><br />Can you compare a period<o:p></o:p><br />with a exclamation? !!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to Money<o:p></o:p><br />Tim P. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>It is very green like grass<o:p></o:p><br />And it is numbers like days<o:p></o:p><br />It is paper like my notebook<o:p></o:p><br />And a rectangle like a ruler<o:p></o:p><br />Have president face like an apple<o:p></o:p><br />It gets me candy like Hershey<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">An Ode to Polo (imaginary friend) <o:p></o:p><br />Claire D. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Polo, <o:p></o:p><br />when you jump out<o:p></o:p><br />windows<o:p></o:p><br />when you divorced Pola, <o:p></o:p><br />when you meet Ezzy,<o:p></o:p><br />when curtain had cancer, <o:p></o:p><br />when you moved to earth, <o:p></o:p><br />did you, <o:p></o:p><br />Polo, <o:p></o:p><br />remember your just <o:p></o:p><br />an imaginary friend<o:p></o:p><br />of mine<o:p></o:p><br />Claire something?<o:p></o:p><br />Because you were <o:p></o:p><br />having so much fun<o:p></o:p><br />like a dog. <o:p></o:p><br />But did you remember <o:p></o:p><br />me Polo? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to a Rose<o:p></o:p><br />Kim T. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>A pretty red rose bloomed <o:p></o:p><br />in the summer, <o:p></o:p><br />as people was careful <o:p></o:p><br />with the thorns, <o:p></o:p><br />with fear they would bleed, <o:p></o:p><br />but one bled and made the <o:p></o:p><br />rose’s color, <o:p></o:p><br />and winter came and the <o:p></o:p><br />rose died. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to colors<o:p></o:p><br />Mark K. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">There are <o:p></o:p><br />many colors. <o:p></o:p><br />You could <o:p></o:p><br />make any <o:p></o:p><br />color with <o:p></o:p><br />different<o:p></o:p><br />colors. <o:p></o:p><br />My favorite <o:p></o:p><br />is <o:p></o:p><br />blue. The <o:p></o:p><br />color blue<o:p></o:p><br />is the <o:p></o:p><br />oceans water. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ode to Bungie<o:p></o:p><br />Ryan G. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">I have played the first <o:p></o:p><br />Halo<o:p></o:p><br />It was awesome<o:p></o:p><br />I love the Ghosts<o:p></o:p><br />And the<o:p></o:p><br />Tank<o:p></o:p><br />Halo 2 <o:p></o:p><br />Is better <o:p></o:p><br />Cause of dual weapons<o:p></o:p><br />And the new Wraith <o:p></o:p><br />but<o:p></o:p><br />I <o:p></o:p><br />miss the old weapons <o:p></o:p><br />but neither can <o:p></o:p><br />beat<o:p></o:p><br />Halo 3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-3884470309277219292008-02-09T20:43:00.001-08:002008-02-09T20:49:57.170-08:00A poem of Questions<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This past week we looked at a poem by <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pablo Neruda</span></span> (which is really a<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> pen name</span>), and discovered that you can write a poem using questions!<br /><br />The key to this sort of poem is to make sure you are making your questions into images<br />not just boring questions! <span style="font-style: italic;">Remember: Images include details that the reader can actually see! </span><br /><br />Look at some of the questions we came up with!<br /><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Never Answered Questions<o:p></o:p><br />Lejla A. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">How is a bridge a golden path, guiding <o:p></o:p><br />us through the night?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why if hot water mixes with cold <o:p></o:p><br />it becomes a hurricane?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Where does the long dark frightening <o:p></o:p><br />path with owls end?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Confusing Questions<o:p></o:p><br />Kuba S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Where on Earth <o:p></o:p><br />could Venus hide?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why does gravity <o:p></o:p><br />give you a downhill ride?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why, if a dog is alarm machine<o:p></o:p><br />can you be warned by its bark?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why<o:p></o:p><br />Gabriel G. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why can’t dogs fly<o:p></o:p><br />Why can’t cats die<o:p></o:p><br />Why can’t I turn into a navy jet?<o:p></o:p><br />O why O why do water fountains fly?<o:p></o:p><span style=""></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""></span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Changed Animals<o:p></o:p><br />Brittany W. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is the puppy a black and<o:p></o:p><br />white kitten?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why did the coyote turn into a <o:p></o:p><br />green snake and start hissing?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why is the orange fish in a <o:p></o:p><br />tree, in a birds nest?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Odysseus M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why doesn’t lightening give more<o:p></o:p><br />power rather than taking it away?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Can you call people who <o:p></o:p><br />blow fire, dragons?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>When the Earth spins why doesn’t <o:p></o:p><br />it feel like a coin going down a hole?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Rebecca B.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why can’t they just hang a fan on a<o:p></o:p><br />plane to make it take off?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>What if a green turtle was just a little <o:p></o:p><br />rock with moss on it?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why can’t a lion be a floating <o:p></o:p><br />yellow broom? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why<o:p></o:p><br />Patrick L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""></span>How do turtles grow <o:p></o:p><br />shells white in the egg?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Which was the first word<o:p></o:p><br />to be spoken by the first person? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Unspecified <o:p></o:p><br />Claire D<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why, if the moon fell on the<o:p></o:p><br />ground and took away little <o:p></o:p><br />kids fears?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Can the pirates find there<o:p></o:p><br />own gold and the gold <o:p></o:p><br />find the pirates?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Who made the grass green <o:p></o:p><br />and the sky blue?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Animals<o:p></o:p><br />Dea P. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Where did the black cat<o:p></o:p><br />go on a Halloween night?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why can’t a cheetah turn <o:p></o:p><br />into a race car?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Who painted all the pretty <o:p></o:p><br />colored birds?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Silly Questions<o:p></o:p><br />Amy A. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why, is the yellow sunflower the sun?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>How did the small airplanes hide <o:p></o:p><br />behind a dark cloud?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Who put the blue berry into the soft, <o:p></o:p><br />white snow?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Adrian F. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>What sand does <o:p></o:p><br />not get wet?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Where are fluffy bears<o:p></o:p><br />in January?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why?<o:p></o:p><br />Maria S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why did the aliens red<o:p></o:p><br />cat gone to the moon?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Why is my book of sadness<o:p></o:p><br />being so happy?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-82777355797519941782008-01-31T17:32:00.001-08:002008-01-31T17:45:07.195-08:00Images. Images. Images!<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">For this week we read a poem from Poet, Matthea Harvey.<br />Her poem was rather strange, and full of vivid images. See for yourself!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Bird Transfer (an excerpt)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">by Matthea Harvey</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Unfasten the crows & the clouds<br />come crashing down.<br /><br />coins hitting the fountain floor.<br /><br />Center your swan on the pond.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So our lesson this week focused on taking three lines and building three distinct images based on<span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" >surrealism, sound and direction/actions. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" >We used an image word bank that was provided.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">Image word bank:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style=""><o:p></o:p>garden<span style=""> </span>unicorn<span style=""> </span>bathtub<span style=""> </span>parade<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">nest<span style=""> </span>grapes<span style=""> </span>elevator <span style=""> </span>boat<span style=""> </span>cherry<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ice cube<span style=""> </span>cotton<span style=""> </span>worm<span style=""> </span>airplane<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">kitchen sink<span style=""> </span>planetarium<span style=""> </span>germ<span style=""> </span>yellow<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">gravy<span style=""> </span>boots<span style=""> </span>wind<span style=""> </span>trains<span style=""> </span>sand<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ladder<span style=""> </span>tangerine<span style=""> </span>dirt<span style=""> </span>whale<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">ambulance<span style=""> </span>mask<span style=""> </span>forest<span style=""> </span>coat<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">valley<span style=""> </span>wings<span style=""> </span>shadow<span style=""> </span>white<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="">paint<span style=""> </span>umbrella<span style=""> </span>dandelion<span style=""> </span> gray<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please read what we came up with! Enjoy!<br /><br /></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Levi D. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">A black mask covered the night<o:p></o:p><br />sky silently. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>My shadow danced with me on <o:p></o:p><br />the bright shiny day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The wind battled the sand as it<o:p></o:p><br />swooshed it around.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Mario Z.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The car crashes all the time and<o:p></o:p><br />it never gets messy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>It could pass through walls and<o:p></o:p><br />its not noisy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>It has music inside of it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Vincent W.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">As the clouds creep the<o:p></o:p><br />gray shadow hides. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The wind is silently<o:p></o:p><br />whispering. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Hear the wood cracking<o:p></o:p><br />in the forests the earth<o:p></o:p><br />shifts. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">How to make a garden and The Forest<o:p></o:p><br />Alejandra T.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>First you put dirt on the floor. <o:p></o:p><br />Then, from the kitchen sink you get<o:p></o:p><br />some water splash. Then, let the <o:p></o:p><br />garden grow with grapes, cherries, <o:p></o:p><br />tangerines, and let them grow like <o:p></o:p><br />a forest.<o:p><br /></o:p>The forest has yellow dandelions, <o:p></o:p><br />unicorns, and has lots of wind and <o:p></o:p><br />plants and animals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Sarah L.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">The water goes plop plop <o:p></o:p><br />as it falls from the sky<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>the unicorns parade with <o:p></o:p><br />a giant umbrella over there heads<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>unicorns walk through the valley<o:p></o:p><br />with a bright yellow rainbow of dandelions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Lissette E.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>White paint is like snow falling<o:p></o:p><br />for the sky. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The bathtub is like a boat<o:p></o:p><br />on the sea sailing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>A whale is like a big fish swimming<o:p></o:p><br />in the sea looking for a small fish to eat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Dirt is splashing chocolate on me. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br /><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Claire D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The gray coat lies on the forest dirt as boots<o:p></o:p><br />walk across it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The unicorn flies around the gardens wings. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>And the ambulance paints the wind<o:p></o:p><br />white. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Stephanie H. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p>The wind became a shadow through<o:p></o:p><br />the air<o:p></o:p><br />so the clock went tick-tock<o:p></o:p><br />tick-tock<o:p></o:p><br />and the dragonfly flew in<o:p></o:p><br />the center through the forest<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Timothy S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The glacier ate the ship. <o:p></o:p><br />The flute makes a woo sound. <o:p></o:p><br />The comet flew across my head. <o:p></o:p><br />Everything is weird we are all flat <o:p></o:p><br />is this a dream. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Ciaran G. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The forest turned off its<o:p></o:p><br />lights. The rain hit the ground<o:p></o:p>the forest shook and dried itself. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Filiberto M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The worm was digging with <o:p></o:p><br />a shovel and a hat that has a light<o:p></o:p><br />and was digging for a <o:p></o:p><br />delicious meal. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Yulissa R. </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The white unicorn is eating grapes and<o:p></o:p><br />catching yellow germs in a kitchen sink<o:p></o:p><br />the parade has musical instruments and<o:p></o:p><br />is loud like an ambulance on a rush <o:p></o:p><br />to the hospital <o:p></o:p><br />I saw the umbrellas shadow and was<o:p></o:p><br />playing with a goat in a purple boat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-83820216156674395912008-01-31T17:32:00.000-08:002008-01-31T17:40:50.909-08:00Images. Images. Images!<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">For this week we read a poem from Poet, Matthea Harvey.<br />Her poem was rather strange, and full of vivid images. See for yourself!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Bird Transfer (an excerpt)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">by Matthea Harvey</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Unfasten the crows & the clouds<br />come crashing down.<br /><br />coins hitting the fountain floor.<br /><br />Center your swan on the pond.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">So our lesson this week focused on taking three lines and building three distinct images based on<span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" >surrealism, sound and direction/actions. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:100%;" >We used an image word bank that was provided.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">Image word bank:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";"><o:p></o:p>garden<span style=""> </span>unicorn<span style=""> </span>bathtub<span style=""> </span>parade<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">nest<span style=""> </span>grapes<span style=""> </span>elevator <span style=""> </span>boat<span style=""> </span>cherry<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">ice cube<span style=""> </span>cotton<span style=""> </span>worm<span style=""> </span>airplane<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">kitchen sink<span style=""> </span>planetarium<span style=""> </span>germ<span style=""> </span>yellow<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">gravy<span style=""> </span>boots<span style=""> </span>wind<span style=""> </span>trains<span style=""> </span>sand<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">ladder<span style=""> </span>tangerine<span style=""> </span>dirt<span style=""> </span>whale<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">ambulance<span style=""> </span>mask<span style=""> </span>forest<span style=""> </span>coat<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">valley<span style=""> </span>wings<span style=""> </span>shadow<span style=""> </span>white<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book";">paint<span style=""> </span>umbrella<span style=""> </span>dandelion<span style=""> </span> gray<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please read what we came up with! Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><br /></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-88823616035403837142008-01-24T17:59:00.000-08:002008-01-24T18:07:28.825-08:00Personifcation is just another form of Abstraction.<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Symbolism Part 2 took on the shape of: <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">personification.<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Here is an example from an old nursery rhyme: "the dish ran away with the spoon."<br />Why is this an example of personification? Because a spoon and dish are <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">REAL but they can't run, and they certainly can't really be friends! </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">So, by saying they ran away together is giving them a human element. A good way to think about symbolism is by using the <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /> five senses.<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">So here are some examples of our symbols (we chose last week to represent us) that we had to personify. </span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Aquiya Aquino<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Yellow, red, blue and white are my symbol because <o:p></o:p><br />It’s the color of my flag. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The yellow, red, and blue was playing<o:p></o:p><br />and white is lonely because no one to <o:p></o:p><br />play with white, kick the yellow because<o:p></o:p><br />the yellow was mean. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Art and Snakes <o:p></o:p><br />Diana Flores <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Art is telling people about myself. <o:p></o:p><br />Snakes hiss to tell us stay away. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Giselle Segura<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The monkey is swinging all over town. <o:p></o:p><br />The elephant is going to drop me down. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""> </span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Anthony Maldonado <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>My football it could fly because I throw<o:p></o:p><br />it around. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Ahmad Ihmud<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>My favorite thing is my PS2 it is color<o:p></o:p><br />black as Ms. Yees black hair<o:p></o:p><br />got up and ran and she turned<o:p></o:p><br />bald. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Jose Perez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">My Game Cube doesn’t <o:p></o:p><br />like the game so it spits it <o:p></o:p><br />out. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Jacob Plucinski<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>When you look in my eyes you can see<o:p></o:p><br />baseballs on the field. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style=""></span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Snow<o:p></o:p><br />Tasnem Eleraj<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The snow is coming down from the <o:p></o:p><br />sky little pieces floating flying around<o:p></o:p><br />coming to the floor waiting<o:p></o:p><br />for somebody to come play<o:p></o:p><br />with them. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Mario Party DS<o:p></o:p><br />Armando Salgado<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>My baby brother<o:p></o:p><br />had a Mario Party with Mario Party DS. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Snowman <o:p></o:p><br />Kanowah Kayotawpe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">Snowman is walking on a white<o:p></o:p><br />Blanket<o:p></o:p><br />He is shivering (brrr).<o:p></o:p><br />Then he is standing still<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Paper<o:p></o:p><br />Fabian Lares<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">The paper was writing on its<o:p></o:p><br />self. The paper transformed into <o:p></o:p><br />a paper airplane. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Patryk Giza<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The tiger told me<o:p></o:p><br />to come by him so<o:p></o:p><br />he can eat you <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-13034619505158656012008-01-17T21:10:00.000-08:002008-01-17T21:37:14.366-08:00Symbolism: Part 1 out of 3.<h3 class="entry-header"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Let me keep my mind on what matters, keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. -Mary Oliver</span><br /><br /></blockquote></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Today we went over a few things, including the fact that when you're discussing poetry you should used the words: <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">lines and stanza <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">rather than <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">sentence or paragraph.</span><br /></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="entry-header"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span></span></span>But our main focus was on the word: <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Symbolism<br /></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="entry-header">We took the word apart, broke it into just the word <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">Symbol. = something that can stand for or represent something else entirely; and in poetry the symbol often stands for an emotion. You can use a symbol rather than directly say; "i'm sad." For example, the American Flag represents freedom just like a tree represents growth.<br /></span></h3><h3 class="entry-header"><span style="font-size:85%;">We read the poem, <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">Swans by Mary Oliver</span> and realized that the swan represented changes. So, we all chose a symbol that we thought best represented us. We are going to use our symbols to construct a large poem for the next two weeks! You should see what symbols we came up with!<br /></span></h3>If you want to learn more about symbolism and what it means <a href="http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/symbol_def.html">go here!</a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Jessica K.<o:p></o:p><br />Pink<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">My grandma and mom <o:p></o:p><br />like pink. <o:p></o:p><br />I was born with <o:p></o:p><br />pink all around me. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Julia P. <o:p></o:p><br />Red & Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">This represents me because I loved this color and <o:p></o:p><br />I love eating red fruits. I wish red will always<o:p></o:p><br />stay with me forever. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>A cloud could represent me because I love<o:p></o:p><br />moving with the winds and watching people<o:p></o:p><br />go crazy with rush in the sky. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Aaliyah R. <o:p></o:p><br />Untitled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">A laptop or computer represents me. <o:p></o:p><br />It represents me because I love to <o:p></o:p><br />be on the computer.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p><br />After school I do my homework and<o:p></o:p><br />then stay on the computer for like<o:p></o:p><br />5 hours a day. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""></span></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elijah T. <o:p></o:p><br />Happy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Beach <o:p></o:p><br />Chuck E. Cheese<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lissette E.<o:p></o:p><br />Untitled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">I feel sleepy like a bear<o:p></o:p><br />in the winter. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nicolas M. <o:p></o:p><br />Untitled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>I am really really tired like<o:p></o:p><br />a mole. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Layla A. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cow & Monkey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>A cow is peaceful and calm and a<o:p></o:p><br />loveing animal and a kicking one too. <o:p></o:p><br />And it’s a symbol of freedom. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>Because I’m crazy like a monkey. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Maria T. <o:p></o:p><br />The sound Crazy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>I am <o:p></o:p><br />crazy<o:p></o:p><br />because<o:p></o:p><br />I <o:p></o:p><br />like<o:p></o:p><br />doing<o:p></o:p><br />crazy<o:p></o:p><br />stuff<o:p></o:p><br />sometime<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Francisco B. <o:p></o:p><br />Untitled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">A soccer ball <o:p></o:p><br />because I am <o:p></o:p><br />all ways with them. <o:p></o:p><br />the colors decide <o:p></o:p><br />me because of the<o:p></o:p><br />clothes I wear<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Matthew C.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cheetah<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>I feel like I can run<o:p></o:p><br />around the block I feel like<o:p></o:p><br />this because I got a lot of <o:p></o:p><br />energy. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Margaret T. <o:p></o:p><br />Untitled<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>I’m like 2 animals<o:p></o:p><br />I am a bear when <o:p></o:p><br />I’m very angry<o:p></o:p><br />And like a cat calm<o:p></o:p><br />and peaceful<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;">Natalie G. <o:p></o:p><br />Music</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>It presents me by the beat of it, and the Beaty <o:p></o:p><br />Songs, and it enjoys me Because the music is<o:p></o:p><br />comfortable. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-75345414053886302402007-12-15T13:03:00.000-08:002007-12-15T13:26:18.347-08:00Concrete isn't Murky<blockquote>PS: Murky means that you can't really see through it, it's dirty!<br /></blockquote>This week we discussed <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">concrete detail. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After reading the Poem, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Artist by Charles Simic </span>we wrote our own, <span style="font-style: italic;">do you remember</span> poems and attempted to include an element of make believe and also several <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">concrete details. Concrete Details are details that are specific and cannot be changed!<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />We are discovering that poems are really short stories but they <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">should </span>have <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Concrete Details</span> so the poem can create a clear picture for those who read them. For example: If you read a poem and the <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">horse is white, the horse cannot be green </span>- at least in the poem!<br /><br />Read some of the poems we wrote this week and see if you can pick out some<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Concrete Details</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">!</span><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Amazing Sky<o:p></o:p><br />Daniel J. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you remember the<o:p></o:p><br />car was pink and and i was in it<o:p></o:p><br />it was like the sky<o:p></o:p><br />the sky was blue, green, red and pink<o:p></o:p><br />the color was changing all the time<o:p></o:p><br />i was amazed and then something happened<o:p></o:p><br />there was a bike and candy falling out of the sky<o:p></o:p><br />then I choked because one candy fell in my throat<o:p></o:p><br />and then the bike fell on my head.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Weird Dog<o:p></o:p><br />Mario Z. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Do you remember when<o:p></o:p><br />my dog past through a<o:p></o:p><br />gold car<o:p></o:p><br />he turn gold and he<o:p></o:p><br />was in asia and it<o:p></o:p><br />was night time. I <o:p></o:p><br />was waiting for him<o:p></o:p><br />to bring me a piece <o:p></o:p><br />of ham. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Lejla A. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you remember our <o:p></o:p><br />black and white cat?<o:p></o:p><br />the day he died, the day<o:p></o:p><br />we cryed? Every day or<o:p></o:p><br />night he’d go outside, play<o:p></o:p><br />on the roof, fight with a cat,<o:p></o:p><br />He comes inside with a bloody<o:p></o:p><br />lip, and the other cat goes walking <o:p></o:p><br />like a human,<o:p></o:p><br />but limping,<o:p></o:p><br />and a pipe in <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><br />his mouth. </span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">That Old Man <o:p></o:p><br />Zayra U. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Do you remember that old man<o:p></o:p><br />he had his clothes dirty and his<o:p></o:p><br />shoes were all with dirty and he always <o:p></o:p><br />could stream for no reson and was<o:p></o:p><br />mad at kinds and tried to make<o:p></o:p><br />kids cry. Well we never went to <o:p></o:p><br />that store and he had no money<o:p></o:p><br />but he was helping the animals cook<o:p></o:p><br />breakfast and the bunny had two phones<o:p></o:p><br />in his hand. Then a fish was talking<o:p></o:p><br />with a little baby I got scared. Then <o:p></o:p><br />the two bird were throwing snow at<o:p></o:p><br />all the parents. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Evil Car<o:p></o:p><br />Samantha S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you remember when my car ran away, at midnight. <o:p></o:p><br />It ran away because it didn’t like my mom. <o:p></o:p><br />The car was mad so it didn’t start. <o:p></o:p><br />The car drove to Poland and was never seen again. <o:p></o:p><br />But we bought a new car and the other car<o:p></o:p><br />came back.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Summer Time<o:p></o:p><br />Aleyah E. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Do you remember when we went to <o:p></o:p><br />Lake Charles Louisiana? After lunch<o:p></o:p><br />My dad and I went to the pool but we <o:p></o:p><br />Always had to wait 30 minutes before<o:p></o:p><br />we will jump in. My father I will <o:p></o:p><br />stay at least for two hours hoping the blue<o:p></o:p><br />dolphins will rescues us! But of course<o:p></o:p><br />the purple mermaids would sit there<o:p></o:p><br />for 30 minutes and talk! Finally good<o:p></o:p></span><br />night!<br /></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Untitled </span><o:p></o:p><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br />Claire D.<o:p></o:p></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p><br />Do you remember the time when we had those stupid dresses<o:p></o:p><br />and played with our moms makeup<o:p></o:p><br />cherry red lipstick and hot pink eyeshadow<o:p></o:p><br />we scribbled all over our face. <o:p></o:p><br />We got in so much trouble,<o:p></o:p><br />but we just danced our way into another world. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Stephanie H. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you remember the time when <o:p></o:p><br />we went flying across the<o:p></o:p><br />beautiful pink sky<o:p></o:p><br />and sleeping on the cotton candy cloud<o:p></o:p><br />so puffy and soft<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Sunrise<o:p></o:p><br />Timothy S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> This reminds me of when day<o:p></o:p><br />meets night making purple skies<o:p></o:p><br />a place where dogs are wide<o:p></o:p><br />awake trying to attack me<o:p></o:p><br />all I have is chewing gum<o:p></o:p><br />I blow it up like a balloon<o:p></o:p><br />and fly away then disappear<o:p></o:p><br />into those purple skies. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Now I wakeup in the real world<o:p></o:p><br />as scared as can be because <o:p></o:p><br />my mom got me a little doggie.<o:p></o:p><br />But eventually I got used<o:p></o:p><br />to him now he doesn’t <o:p></o:p><br />even look like a doggie<o:p></o:p></span><br />at least in my dreams.<br /></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Ciaran G. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you remember the time I crashed my blue ATV<o:p></o:p><br />In Wisconsin at the evening. And a airplane nearly hit me. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Kim T. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Do you remember the time I was running<o:p></o:p><br />away from my brother screamed with <o:p></o:p><br />fright when he threw a big pink<o:p></o:p><br />teddy bear in front of me? Alone <o:p></o:p><br />at home with my brother, with <o:p></o:p><br />bright sunshine shining through the<o:p></o:p><br />window, screaming wildly for my <o:p></o:p><br />mother, until I collapsed on a <o:p></o:p><br />white sofa, fell asleep and had<o:p></o:p><br />a dream about a eagle with <o:p></o:p><br />a lion’s head, and woke up<o:p></o:p><br />screaming again. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The funny old man with the gas tank. <o:p></o:p><br />Amy A. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Do you remember a funny old man riding a red<o:p></o:p><br />dragon. He came to an old magic jungle<o:p></o:p><br />with gas in a tank. He found me inside a <o:p></o:p><br />tree trunk. He took me by the hand <o:p></o:p><br />and tryed to put me inside the gas tank<o:p></o:p><br />but I ran away to my secret place<o:p></o:p><br />in the jungle where nobody knows. I <o:p></o:p><br />was sleeping there until I was safe. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-747749635127663002007-12-06T15:47:00.000-08:002007-12-06T15:58:54.079-08:00Writing a poem within a poem?This week we talked about something called <blockquote style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Perspective.</blockquote> We learned that in poems you can take a big topic like one of the seven continents and break it down to a smaller topic such as if it is day or night or even if you're busy running from animals in a jungle!<br /><br />We read the poem, <span style="font-style: italic;">Two Poems and a Half</span> by Frank O'Hara. What was exciting about this poem, is that the entire poem is created using <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">only three main words!!<br /><br /><br />His words were: Europe, Night and Venice.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What made this poem fun was that we looked at maps of the world to get some ideas about where we could be in our own poems! <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Come and see where we went!<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mongolia <o:p></o:p><br />Vincent W. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->Asia<o:p></o:p><br />I think I need more boats and more people to<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Day<o:p></o:p><br />We floated down but hikers are faster as they walk<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Jungle<o:p></o:p><br />I hear the water splash on me but feel it more<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Lizbeth C. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Antarctica<o:p></o:p><br />I think we need big hats, boots and gloves. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Day<o:p></o:p><br />I am swimming in the cold water but a penguin<o:p></o:p><br />doesn’t let me swim. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Igloo<o:p></o:p><br />I am touching the igloo and it freezes my hand<o:p></o:p><br />and it turns blue like ice. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Alliyah L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->Asia<o:p></o:p><br />Where do you get the chopsticks? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Night<o:p></o:p><br />This is a really nice place for<o:p></o:p><br />stargazing<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> China<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><br />Can I see the Great Wall?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Odysseus M. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> North America<o:p></o:p><br />50 states all around<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Day <o:p></o:p><br />Amazing animals all day long<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Amarillo<o:p></o:p><br />Small town with no pigeons anywhere<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Asia<o:p></o:p><br />Matthew K. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Asia <o:p></o:p><br />I think I need to were shorts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Day<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I jump down the waterfall in a splash. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Piranha<o:p></o:p><br />The Piranhas really hurt. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Allen L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Antarctica <o:p></o:p><br />I think we need more hot chocolate. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Day<o:p></o:p><br />I am going to swim in the freezing water. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->Ice<o:p></o:p></span><br />My body is cold as metal. </p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Kiana S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Puppy <o:p></o:p><br />“I think we need to drink” because of the hot warm sun<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Morning<o:p></o:p><br />Ever more warm. “puppy your thirsty” <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Sleep<o:p></o:p><br />“Come pup” sleep little puppy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Jennifer J. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Africa<o:p></o:p><br />I am going to see the elephants <o:p></o:p><br />in the morning<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Day<o:p></o:p><br />The elephants were taking<o:p></o:p><br />baths really cool with there<o:p></o:p><br />trunks. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Place<o:p></o:p><br />Gabon is so hot that I need<o:p></o:p><br />shorts and a lot of water too. <o:p></o:p><br />And the chee<span style="font-size:100%;">tahs were running</span><o:p></o:p><br />for there food. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Devin T. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Europe<o:p></o:p><br />Day <o:p></o:p><br />France<o:p></o:p><br />I am in France it is day in France<o:p></o:p><br />I am visiting the Paris Eifel tower and I am <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"><br />having tea with the Queen</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Adrian F.</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> United States<o:p></o:p><br />The place of the red, white and<o:p></o:p><br />Blue<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Morning<o:p></o:p><br />Eat my pancakes and eggs and the <o:p></o:p><br />cooled orange juice<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Venice<o:p></o:p><br />Know I am going to Chicago to <o:p></o:p><br />rest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Connie P. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> West Newbury Massachusetts<o:p></o:p><br />I think John Cena will fight the Great Kalie. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Midnight<o:p></o:p><br />I will hear lot of sounds and effects. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Morning<o:p></o:p><br />I will go back to my hometown <o:p></o:p><br />Washington D.C. to meet Batista. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Mark K. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Australia <o:p></o:p><br />Is very hot<o:p></o:p><br />and makes<o:p></o:p><br />me sweat<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Night<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I can’t see<o:p></o:p><br />in the narrow<o:p></o:p><br />alley dark and<o:p></o:p><br />cold that’s all <o:p></o:p><br />I feel and <o:p></o:p><br />see. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Egypt<o:p></o:p><br />Now I’m<o:p></o:p><br />in Cairo<o:p></o:p><br />a city in <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Egypt.</span></span></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-4483961878608801182007-12-01T15:31:00.000-08:002007-12-01T15:43:20.865-08:00Do you know what Metaphysical means?<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Metaphysical = magic.<br />How? Well: <br /><br />not real + real = magic! That is why! </span></span><br /><br />We read the poem, Fairy Tale by Miroslav Holub, whom was also an Immunologist (a type of doctor, just like William Carlos Williams was a doctor and a poet ((which we learned about two weeks ago!)).<br /><br />We learned that you can write a poem by writing a simple list. But lists are normally kind of boring. So to make them fun to read, you should add something <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">surprising or impossible or metaphysical to the end!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span><span>Here are some of our list poems with unexpected endings!<br /></span></span><br /></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">How to eat a chicken<o:p></o:p><br />Daniel M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">do you know How to cook a chicken?<o:p></o:p><br />you clean<o:p></o:p><br />you cook<o:p></o:p><br />you taste<o:p></o:p><br />you look<o:p></o:p><br />you eat<o:p></o:p><br />you clean the table<o:p></o:p><br />and finally The chicken is<o:p></o:p><br />eaten and dead<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">The Pet Store<o:p></o:p><br />Kuba S. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Today I went to <o:p></o:p><br />a pet store,<o:p></o:p><br />and saw many creatures I liked<o:p></o:p><br />There was a <o:p></o:p><br />dog.<o:p></o:p><br />a cat,<o:p></o:p><br />also, a <o:p></o:p><br />bird and <o:p></o:p><br />a frog.<o:p></o:p><br />Then I looked to the right,<o:p></o:p><br />and gasped at the sight<o:p></o:p><br />of a 322 ft. long whale. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">My World<o:p></o:p><br />Daniel G. <o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I will make my own world with <o:p></o:p><br />animals<o:p></o:p><br />houses<o:p></o:p><br />people<o:p></o:p><br />trees<o:p></o:p><br />seas<o:p></o:p><br />oceans<o:p></o:p><br />lakes<o:p></o:p><br />when i finished it flew away<o:p></o:p><br />because i did not put air in it and going <o:p></o:p><br />to the sun and yelling for help. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Make a Book<o:p></o:p><br />Alejandra T. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Pictures you will need<o:p></o:p><br />Paper you will need<o:p></o:p><br />Covers you will need<o:p></o:p><br />Story’s you will need<o:p></o:p><br />Imagination you will need<o:p></o:p><br />Title you will need<o:p></o:p><br />Staplers you will need<o:p></o:p><br />And then read it in the<o:p></o:p><br />clouds while you are in <o:p></o:p><br />the grass. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">How to make video game<o:p></o:p><br />Sebastian O.<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">you need a tv and wires. <o:p></o:p><br />you need Halo 3 for XBOX360<o:p></o:p><br />you need call of Duty 4 Playstation3<o:p></o:p><br />you need marvel vs capcom Nintendo 64<o:p></o:p><br />you need Ghost rider playstation2<o:p></o:p><br />the video games<o:p></o:p><br />have a party with <o:p></o:p><br />mario party game. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Fictional<o:p></o:p><br />Tyra B.<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I built myself <o:p></o:p><br />a studio, I used<o:p></o:p><br />a recording machine, <o:p></o:p><br />instruments,<o:p></o:p>sound proof walls <o:p></o:p><br />and a gold tooth for<o:p></o:p><br />rockstar wanna be friend<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">How to build a snowman<o:p></o:p><br />Robert C.<br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">He needs lots of snow<o:p></o:p><br />He needs a hat<o:p></o:p><br />He needs sticks<o:p></o:p><br />He needs lots of rocks<o:p></o:p><br />He needs a carrot<o:p></o:p><br />and a car ran <o:p></o:p><br />him over. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Untitled <o:p></o:p><br />Timmy P.<br /></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">if I made a pinsel box<o:p></o:p><br />it will walk it does<o:p></o:p><br />not have eyes and<o:p></o:p><br />it have sizzers legs<o:p></o:p><br />it runs and it<o:p></o:p><br />can play football<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">An Ocean <o:p></o:p><br />Albert P.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">I need lots of water<o:p></o:p><br />I need tons of real fish <o:p></o:p><br />I need plants seaweed and more<o:p></o:p><br />I need 50 million buckets of salt.<o:p></o:p><br />it turned all the <o:p></o:p><br />colors of the rainbow. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Untitled<o:p></o:p><br />Ciaran G.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">He built himself a robot<o:p></o:p><br />I would need wires metal electricity and last a<o:p></o:p><br />atomic ray gun. and then he blew up Venus, <o:p></o:p><br />Jupiter, mars, and uranus. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Cooking Robot<o:p></o:p><br />Victoria R. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">i saw some plastic,<o:p></o:p><br />i made a cooking robot, <o:p></o:p><br />cooks food for people,<o:p></o:p><br />i tried him out, <o:p></o:p><br />he did great then <o:p></o:p><br />he said goodbye and <o:p></o:p><br />flied to china. <o:p></o:p><br />(never saw him again.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Baseball Field <o:p></o:p><br />Annie K. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">If I made a baseball field<o:p></o:p><br />I will need…<o:p></o:p><br />sand<o:p></o:p><br />metal<o:p></o:p><br />wood<o:p></o:p><br />plates<o:p></o:p><br />grass.<o:p></o:p><br />Then the field went to <o:p></o:p><br />Space and grew green hair. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /></span></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-74821342216462660042007-11-21T12:27:00.000-08:002007-11-21T12:43:33.752-08:00Thanksgiving and all the DETAILS...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kYXFgztVm22RUNppMzoBuy1VP3q1JuSyXR3yQvZFaPfQ3ppgWptVc7R9rsamroVYiuctDa8_jc5D9HIi2NQkrrXXXEFDVWqVu1AgBV6ViRr50TMN5d5JNRgALZmX5wMPERQdaz8KtfU/s1600-h/Thanksgiving+Worksheet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kYXFgztVm22RUNppMzoBuy1VP3q1JuSyXR3yQvZFaPfQ3ppgWptVc7R9rsamroVYiuctDa8_jc5D9HIi2NQkrrXXXEFDVWqVu1AgBV6ViRr50TMN5d5JNRgALZmX5wMPERQdaz8KtfU/s320/Thanksgiving+Worksheet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135396690476768162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;"><blockquote>Here is an example of the worksheet we used in class! You should try and write your own Thanksgiving detail poem!</blockquote></blockquote><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Today we had another discussion concerning one of the most essential tools of a Poet: <span style="font-weight: bold;">DETAIL. </span>Without detail a poem just wouldn't be a poem! A poet requires the use of all their senses in order to create details that will make the poem better.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>We started our conversation by looking at our pencils and applying the five senses to this often looked over and boring writing tool. We discovered that pencils: (<span style="font-style: italic;">and we couldn't say, "looks like a pencil!)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">LOOK LIKE: spears</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">SMELL LIKE: wood</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">TASTE LIKE:(</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">if we were to crush them up and put them in a recipe) </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">would be crunchy! </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">FEEL LIKE: smooth like a blanket</span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">SOUND LIKE: clicks<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">After looking at our pencils we divided up into groups and did some collaboration poems. We learned that a lot of Poets use collaboration when writing poems. Next week we are reading a poem that was written by two poets over a period of several months!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-86027952414245069052007-11-14T09:59:00.000-08:002007-11-14T10:20:52.009-08:00Noise & Image Poems<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">This week we learned that the poet William Carlos Williams was also a doctor! We also learned that poets use something called repetition in poems to help them create an image. We read the poem Winter by William Carlos Williams and were able to pick out images and detail. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">After our writing today we had a really quick review of terms and concepts we've covered the past five weeks and realized that we're all really getting the hang of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" >metaphors, smilies, free verse, rhyming and some special tricks like paranthesis that poets use in poems!<br /></span><br />Today we also concentrated on the shape of our poems. As you can see from our examples, we know it's ok to write poems without making a complete sentence and some of our lines only have one or two words!<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Here are some of the Noise Image poems we wrote! Enjoy! </span><br /><br /> <h1><br /></h1><h1><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> </h1> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><span style="font-weight: bold;">Banging by Megan R. </span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> im banging my head <o:p></o:p><br />like a clown im<o:p></o:p><br />banging my bike to<o:p></o:p><br />a pole like a <o:p></o:p><br />crazy person<o:p></o:p><br />im banging banging banging <o:p></o:p><br />all day long like<o:p></o:p><br />a ox. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Crashing by Gabriel G. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> I was neaigating <o:p></o:p><br />In the rain then hit a <o:p></o:p><br />sudden reef when none expected<o:p></o:p><br />the boat ran<span style=""> </span>in to us crashing <o:p></o:p><br />crashing crashing down into the sea.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> boats crashing into each other. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoDate"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Slamming <span style=""> </span>by Joe G.</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">a skateboard slamming<o:p></o:p><br />on the ground with one ollie. <o:p></o:p><br />slamming the <o:p></o:p><br />rail well <o:p></o:p><br />doing a <o:p></o:p><br />5-0<o:p></o:p><br />a body <o:p></o:p><br />falling<o:p></o:p><br />falling<o:p></o:p><br />on the ground. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Noise Image Poem by Sebastion O.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bang a desk<o:p></o:p><br />Bang a drum<o:p></o:p><br />Bang your lap<o:p></o:p><br />Bang a book<o:p></o:p><br />Bang a chair<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Making noises.<o:p></o:p><br />Listening to the<o:p></o:p><br />bang.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Zapping by Ahmad I. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Zap zap zap zap goes the clap<o:p></o:p><br />Zap zap zap zap goes the map<o:p></o:p><br />Snap snap snap snap goes the zap<o:p></o:p><br />Yipi Mississippi flipi weres Micki zap<o:p></o:p><br />clap flap map they all go zap zap<o:p></o:p><br />clackety goes my snappy<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Cereal Box by Odysseus M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Snap, Crackle, Pop rice crispies.<o:p></o:p><br />one snaps,<o:p></o:p><br />one crackle<o:p></o:p><br />and one Pops. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Why can’t I hear the cereal box? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Stomping Maddness<span style=""> </span>by Velko I.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The kid is<o:p></o:p><br />stomping<o:p></o:p><br />stomping <o:p></o:p><br />stomping<o:p></o:p><br />on that ant<o:p></o:p><br />with a HEAVY hammer<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Clums Pup by Deanne A.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->My puppy bumping into the railing stairs<o:p></o:p><br />making a swoshing sound like<o:p></o:p><br />the wind barking. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Horrible Crash by Charles M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]-->My brother<o:p></o:p><br />fell <o:p></o:p><br />fell<o:p></o:p><br />off <o:p></o:p><br />the <o:p></o:p><br />huge<o:p></o:p><br />queen<o:p></o:p><br />sized<o:p></o:p><br />bed the sound is a thud<o:p></o:p><br />like<o:p></o:p><br />a bowling ball. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Noise Image Poem by Jihad I. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The bird is falling<o:p></o:p><br />falling<o:p></o:p><br />falling<o:p></o:p><br />mama bird<o:p></o:p><br />flew up up up <o:p></o:p><br />to it’s nest. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Noise Image Poem by Tracy L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> it’s fourth of July<o:p></o:p><br />horray<o:p></o:p><br />horray<o:p></o:p><br />horray<o:p></o:p><br />it’s night time<o:p></o:p><br />boom<o:p></o:p><br />boom<o:p></o:p><br />boom<o:p></o:p><br />goes<o:p></o:p><br />the <o:p></o:p><br />firework<o:p></o:p><br />ow<o:p></o:p><br />ow<o:p></o:p><br />ow<o:p></o:p><br />i burned <o:p></o:p><br />myself<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">My plane ride by Ben G.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">When I returned on a plane<o:p></o:p><br />I came<o:p></o:p><br />down<o:p></o:p><br />down<o:p></o:p><br />down<o:p></o:p><br />on the landing road<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></b></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-40715925858449454422007-11-07T10:21:00.000-08:002007-11-07T10:29:05.282-08:00Some poems from November 6, 2007!<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Soup Bowl<o:p></o:p><br />Osvaldo R. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">When I went to Wrigley<o:p></o:p><br />Field it was humangus <o:p></o:p><br />Like a big soup bowl<o:p></o:p><br />(like a bowl full of people)<o:p></o:p><br />whith a big spoon that<o:p></o:p><br />looks like lights. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Heat Maker</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patrick L.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">I saw a heat maker in<o:p></o:p><br />the sky (3 or 4 years old) <o:p></o:p><br />it was so hot and yellow I <o:p></o:p><br />stared at it and said “I hate<o:p></o:p><br />heat maker”<b> </b>now it is not so bright. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">My Sister<o:p></o:p><br />Monika B. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">When I was little<o:p></o:p><br />(a little kid in pre-k)<o:p></o:p><br />i thought my sister was big<o:p></o:p><br />(almost like a giant)<o:p></o:p><br />but now big i am<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p><br />(almost as high)<o:p></o:p><br />goodbye smallness<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style=""></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Six Flag<o:p></o:p><br />Sarah L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Six flag so fun<o:p></o:p><br />(i don’t like roller coasters, i<o:p></o:p><br />throw up)<o:p></o:p><br />the rides so much fun<o:p></o:p><br />food so tasty<o:p></o:p><br />do we have to go now<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Birthday<o:p></o:p><br />Rebecca Byrne </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Cake is on the table<o:p></o:p><br />sitting their watching it<o:p></o:p><br />(birthday party)<o:p></o:p><br />listening to the song<o:p></o:p><br />waiting for it to be over<o:p></o:p><br />so we could eat<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">My Breakfast <o:p></o:p><br />Michael J. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">i’m eating Strawberry Cheerios (I’d love<o:p></o:p><br />to be rich) there are pink cheerios and<o:p></o:p><br />white cheerios. i have milk that is warm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The crazy life<br />Rebecca E.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> a frog is like a painting<o:p></o:p><br />(very, very young)<o:p></o:p><br />shiny and small<o:p></o:p><br />(funny like a circus)<o:p></o:p><br />i programmed it to sing<o:p></o:p><br />but it just didn’t. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">When I got a dog<o:p></o:p><br />Patrycja J. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> When I was five (i<o:p></o:p><br />got a dog. i thought it <o:p></o:p><br />was a teddy bear)<o:p></o:p><br />i was so happy<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> now should i name it<o:p></o:p><br />smily face (no)<o:p></o:p><br />baby (no)<o:p></o:p><br />I will name him “My first dog.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">America<o:p></o:p><br />Alliyah L. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]-->when I go to america<o:p></o:p><br />(at six years old)<o:p></o:p><br />i feel sad<o:p></o:p><br />and feeling cold<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> my hair is the moonlight<o:p></o:p><br />at night<o:p></o:p><br />being so bright<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> at america, I feel glad<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Narrative Memory Poem </span><o:p style="font-weight: bold;"></o:p><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elizabeth C.</span><o:p></o:p></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> one night I woke up<o:p></o:p><br />i heard a banging sound<o:p></o:p><br />(wow that was loud)<o:p></o:p><br />it was a banging pot that<o:p></o:p><br />is like a drum<o:p></o:p><br />it was my little sister<o:p></o:p><br />she had a pot on her head <o:p></o:p><br />banging it<o:p></o:p><br />i put her back to bed <o:p></o:p><br />and i went back to bed <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Strange Noise<o:p></o:p><br />Amy A. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">I woke up in the middle of <o:p></o:p><br />the night. (There I saw a shadow <o:p></o:p><br />that is like a monster.) I heard a<o:p></o:p><br />strange noise. It was becoming <o:p></o:p><br />louder. I followed it into the<o:p></o:p><br />closet doors. I opened it I saw<o:p></o:p><br />my dad in there. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Narrative Memory Poem<o:p></o:p><br />Ashley M. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> I was having lunch<o:p></o:p><br />(Man I feel like)<o:p></o:p><br />I was in the clouds <o:p></o:p><br />When I woke up<o:p></o:p><br />this morning! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-78994510526623640962007-11-06T18:14:00.000-08:002007-11-07T10:06:55.892-08:00Our fun with e.e. cummings!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://eecummingsart.com/images/eec0377.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://eecummingsart.com/images/eec0377.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Today we went over a e.e. cummings poem. We began by looking at the painting above in order to discuss the concept we covered last week: DETAIL. We learned in week three how important the element of detail is to the success of a poem.<br /><br />Afterwards, we looked over the cummings poem,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Days of Innocence.<br /></span> <p class="MsoNormal">One important tool we learned about today was the use of parenthesis in a poem and how we could use them to show our readers what we are thinking while we are writing our poems! We also learned a new Rhyme Scheme this week: <span style="font-style: italic;">ABAB. </span><br /><br />Some wonderful examples of our Narrative Memory poems for Tuesday, Nov 6th will be posted later today! Check back!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080745002824440610.post-71553759970179895122007-10-31T14:56:00.001-07:002007-10-31T14:58:57.176-07:00The Poets we've read thus far!We have read three poems by three different poets so far! The Poets have been:<br /><br />Carl Sandburg<br />Lucille Clifton<br />Langston Hughes<br /><br />So far we've learned about metaphor, detail and simile.<br /><br />Every week there will be three featured poems per class, with an explanation of what we learned in class that day.<br /><br />Stay tuned!Marissa Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152260267678007042noreply@blogger.com0