English 8

Today we worked on personification, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. We then analyzed the poem "The Child Who Walks Backwards", and started writing  Limericks and Haikus. To finish class, we watched a short video on the myth of "Narcissus and Echo".

Reminders: 

• Limericks and Haikus (rough draft): Tomorrow, January 19, 2016
• Commonly Confused Words Quiz (open-book): Tomorrow, January 19, 2016
• Mythology Projects: Friday, January 22, 2016