English 9

I love our Acrostic poem we wrote as a class today! I decided to post in on the blog:

Poems are pretty,
Or they are deep,
Especially expressing emotional
Thoughts.
Images are created.
Colourful imagination is needed.

Dedication, determination and enjoyment.
Educating young minds.
Verses strung together, 
Intentionally and internally.
Creative.
Enjoyable words flowing
Smoothly in our minds.

Things we did today: 

• Silent Reading
• Went over "Similes/Metaphors" worksheet
• Notes: What is a Haiku poem?
• We looked at 4 Haiku poem examples
• Time given to write your own Haiku poems
• Looked at the Beatles lyrics: "Eleanor Rigby" and "Across the Universe"
• Wrote an Acrostic poem as a class with the word "Poetic Devices"

Reminders:

• "To Someone" poem OVERDUE
• Write 3 Haiku poems (rough drafts): due Thursday, Jan.16, 2014

* Remember to have them relate back to your central theme for your Poetry Poster Project

• We will start doing Book Recommendation Presentations Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 (it will be a 5 minute presentation and no visuals are necessary)