Do now: Work on the “Do now”. Have your homework out on your desk (reading log)

1. I’m a poet, and I didn’t even know it! Do now: • Work on the “Do now”. • Have your homework out on your desk (reading log) • You need your journal and a copy of STJ. • Read independently when finished.

2. The Boxtop competition begins this week and will continue till Spring Break/Intercession. • This is a grade level competition, and there will be a prize. • There are collection boxes in the LMC for each grade level.

3. Goals for today: • Make a plan for how we want to learn skills for the rest of the year. • Grade our own projects • Memorize a poem • Read STJ and identify one skill we need to learn

4. We have 7 weeks until the end of April • That is approximately 35 days of class • What can we learn in 35 days? • How do you want to learn new skills? • It what ways do you like to learn?

5. Reading Skills to learn: • Implied vs. stated theme • Inference/conclusion • Fact vs. opinion • Prediction • Cause/effect • Speaking/listening • Asking and answering questions from the passage • Reading charts and graphs • References sources for research & Citations • Media, author’s purpose and audience • Prewriting, graphic organizers • Instruction sequence • Revising text: confusing vs. clear • Genre • Figurative and sound language

6. Language Arts skills to learn: • Writing letters • Pronoun use • Subject verb agreement • Adjectives and adverbs • Context clues • Spelling • Root words, suffixes, and prefixes • Compound words • Abbreviations • Contractions and possessives • Sentence fragments and run-ons

7. Do now: • Find 3 texts that your concept is related to, write down the title and page number • Then, take the quiz off my homepage • Return to your seat and quick write about how your concept is connected to the world.

8. For every skill: You need a fiction and non-fiction text • We need science, social studies, complicated and simple texts • We will also need to write expository and persuasive texts (informational papers and speeches to convince people)

9. Rubric for Spirit of Endurance Project Presentation: Clear (make sense)  10ptsFluent (speak clearly and loudly) 20ptsNeat/organized/correct grammar/punctuation/spelling 10ptsOn time/teamwork 20pts Skills:Cause/Effect 10ptsCharacter Traits 15ptsPoint of View 10ptsVivid Language "the boat was being crushed like a nut in a nutcracker" 25ptsSummary 20pts Sequence of Events 50ptsVocabulary 10pts

10. I want you to takeInto consideration The fact that weHad a formation Of people inA confederation Who were greatAt communication And never had An altercation They waved helloIn salutation Always eager forPeer cooperation This class hadThe best reputation

11. “I've traveled the world twice over,Met the famous; saints and sinners,Poets and artists, kings and queens,Old stars and hopeful beginners,I've been where no-one's been before,Learned secrets from writers and cooksAll with one library ticketTo the wonderful world of books.” ― Janice James

12. Whatif Last night, while I lay thinking here, Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I’m dumb in school? Whatif they’ve closed the swimming pool? Whatif I get beat up? Whatif there’s poison in my cup? Whatif I start to cry? Whatif I get sick and die? Whatif I flunk that test? Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me? Whatif I don’t grow taller? Whatif my head starts getting smaller? Whatif the fish won’t bite? Whatif the wind tears up my kite? Whatif they start a war? Whatif my parents get divorced? Whatif the bus is late? Whatif my teeth don’t grow in straight? Whatif I tear my pants? Whatif I never learn to dance? Everything seems swell, and then The nighttime Whatifs strike again!

13. What makes a poem a poem? • The lines are short • They often have a rhyme scheme • They are often set in stanzas • They often use certain tools to make them more interesting…… • These are called “devices” LITERARY DEVICES

14. Rainy Days Let the summer slip away Let dark days start to fall Let the blue give way to gray I long to hear the call. It sounds just like a tune to me It waters me with song It always is good company At night or all day long. Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat Rain dips and dives and dances Rain drips and drives, this way and that Upon the roof it prances. On metal roofs it rat-a-tats On wooden roofs it drums On windows It just splitter-splats When at last it comes. Down on leaves it splashes Down wooden trunks it pours Down to the earth it dashes Calling me outdoors. *Think about your thinking. What literary devices do you notice in this poem? On your team, identify at least 3 literary devices the author uses. What time of year does this poem take place? How do you know?

15. Rainy Days • 1. Which line from the poem contains an example of onomatopoeia? • Let dark days start to fall • It waters me with song • At night or all day long • On windows it just splitter splats Let the summer slip away Let dark days start to fall Let the blue give way to gray I long to hear the call. It sounds just like a tune to me It waters me with song It always is good company At night or all day long. Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat Rain dips and dives and dances Rain drips and drives, this way and that Upon the roof it prances. On metal roofs it rat-a-tats On wooden roofs it drums On windows It just splitter-splats When at last it comes. Down on leaves it splashes Down wooden trunks it pours Down to the earth it dashes Calling me outdoors. • 2. Which line lets readers know that this poem is written in first person? • Let the blue give way to gray • It sounds just like a tune to me • It always is good company • On wooden roofs it drums • 3. These lines show an example of: • Simile • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Repetition

16. Rainy Days Let the summer slip away Let dark days start to fall Let the blue give way to gray I long to hear the call. It sounds just like a tune to me It waters me with song It always is good company At night or all day long. Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat Rain dips and dives and dances Rain drips and drives, this way and that Upon the roof it prances. On metal roofs it rat-a-tats On wooden roofs it drums On windows It just splitter-splats When at last it comes. Down on leaves it splashes Down wooden trunks it pours Down to the earth it dashes Calling me outdoors. • 4. Choose the line that best describes the time of year when the poem takes place. • Let the blue give way to gray • At night or all day long • Down on leaves it splashes • Let the summer slip away • 5.Rain dips and dives and dances • Which literary device does the line use? • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Personification • simile

17. Rainy Days • 1. Which line from the poem contains an example of onomatopoeia? • Let dark days start to fall • It waters me with song • At night or all day long • On windows it just splitter splats Let the summer slip away Let dark days start to fall Let the blue give way to gray I long to hear the call. It sounds just like a tune to me It waters me with song It always is good company At night or all day long. Rain-wearing shoes go pitter-pat Rain dips and dives and dances Rain drips and drives, this way and that Upon the roof it prances. On metal roofs it rat-a-tats On wooden roofs it drums On windows It just splitter-splats When at last it comes. Down on leaves it splashes Down wooden trunks it pours Down to the earth it dashes Calling me outdoors. • 2. Which line lets readers know that this poem is written in first person? • Let the blue give way to gray • It sounds just like a tune to me • It always is good company • On wooden roofs it drums

18. On your team, come up with an example of each: • Onomatopoeia • Alliteration • Rhyme & Rhythm • Repetition • Hyperbole • Simile • Metaphor • Personification

19. The Smoothie Wrrrr wrrrr The blender starts to spin The blueberries get pulverized Pineapples sliced and thinned. Mmmm mmmm A banana slice or three strawberries for flavor Finish that smoothie quick for me! Slurp slurp I gulp the delicious drink down The daylight seems even brighter It’s impossible to try to frown

20. Which literary device does this poem use? • Simile • Repetition • Personification • Onomatopoeia • 2. Why does the author use rhyme? • To establish a rhythm. • To make the reader laugh. • To create a picture in the reader’s mind. • To create stanzas in the poem. • 3. Which line from the poem contains an example of alliteration? • a. The daylight seems even brighter • b. A banana slice or three • c. Pineapples sliced and thinned. • d. I gulp the delicious drink down The Smoothie Wrrrr wrrrr The blender starts to spin The blueberries get pulverized Pineapples sliced and thinned. Mmmm mmmm A banana slice or three strawberries for flavor Finish that smoothie quick for me! Slurp slurp I gulp the delicious drink down The daylight seems even brighter It’s impossible to try to frown

21. 4. How can the reader tell that “The Smoothie” is a poem? • There is a plot with a climax, a setting, and characters. • The story tells about the author’s real life experiences. • The story of the smoothie makes the reader feel happy. • The lines are short, have a rhyme scheme, and are set in stanzas. • 5. Choose the line that best describes the time of day in which the poem takes place. • a. The blender starts to spin • b. It’s impossible to try to frown • c. The daylight seems even brighter • d. I gulp the delicious drink down • 6. Which line lets readers know that this poem is written in first person? • The blueberries get pulverized • Finish that smoothie quick for me! • It’s impossible to try to frown • The blueberries get pulverized The Smoothie Wrrrr wrrrr The blender starts to spin The blueberries get pulverized Pineapples sliced and thinned. Mmmm mmmm A banana slice or three strawberries for flavor Finish that smoothie quick for me! Slurp slurp I gulp the delicious drink down The daylight seems even brighter It’s impossible to try to frown

22. untitled Slowly slithering Down the lawn Kids playing Unharmed Slither Slither Slithering faster Keep out of sight Want to go on Not stand and fight Slither Slither On it’s belly No feet to walk The snake slithers As if to stalk Slither slither • Why does the author use the onomatopoeia “slither” repeatedly throughout the poem? • To provide a repetitive rhythm • To hide the fact that it is a snake • To fill in empty space • To alternate the length of stanzas

23. Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room. "Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"said the sunflowers, shining with dew."Our traveling habits have tired us.Can you give us a room with a view?“ They arranged themselves at the windowand counted the steps of the sun,and they both took root in the carpetwhere the topaz tortoises run. William Blake

24. "Miss Twining teaches tying knotsIn neckerchiefs and noodles,And how to tell chrysanthemumsFrom miniature poodles.“ • Dr. Seuss Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!

26. Curious Cats Curious cats crouch on the window sillWatching unwaveringly through the glassAs blue birds fly by.Curious cats areAlmost two headed in a sensitive sense,Still alert and awareOf the running, rotten rats behind them.

27. The Wonderful Wind The wonderful wind whistles Repeated reminders throughout the dayTelling tales of what is comingPredicting and preparing us to pray.The wise wind sometimes whispersThe secrets that have been secretly hid.

28. Slowly slithering Down the lawn Kids playing Unharmed Slither Slither Slithering faster Keep out of sight Want to go on Not stand and fight Slither Slither On it’s belly No feet to walk The snake slithers As if to stalk Slither slither

29. Which line contains an example of alliteration? • The rafters are open to sun, moon, and star • The voices are silent, the bustle and din • He tramps through the darkness of shelter to win • The dining room is dark and the stable is still

31. Harlem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over – Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

32. The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear if what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

33. Lawnmower -Valerie Worth The lawnmower Grinds its teeth Over the grass, Spitting out a thick Green spray; Its head is too full Of iron and oil To know What it throws Away: The lawn’s whole Crop of chopped Soft, Delicious Green hay.

34. untitled Slowly slithering Down the lawn Kids playing Unharmed Slither Slither Slithering faster Keep out of sight Want to go on Not stand and fight Slither Slither On it’s belly No feet to walk The snake slithers As if to stalk Slither slither

35. untitled Slowly slithering Down the lawn Kids playing Unharmed Slither Slither Slithering faster Keep out of sight Want to go on Not stand and fight Slither Slither On it’s belly No feet to walk The snake slithers As if to stalk Slither slither • Why does the author use the onomatopoeia “slither” repeatedly throughout the poem? • To provide a repetitive rhythm • To hide the fact that it is a snake • To fill in empty space • To alternate the length of stanzas

36. Lawnmower The lawnmower Grinds its teeth Over the grass, Spitting out a thick Green spray; Its head is too full Of iron and oil To know What it throws Away: The lawn’s whole Crop of chopped Soft, Delicious Green hay. -Valerie Worth • Which line from the poem contains an example of personification? • The lawn’s whole • Crop of chopped • To know • Grinds it’s teeth • Which line from the poem contains an example of alliteration? • The lawn’s whole • Crop of chopped • To know • Grinds it’s teeth

37. Robert Burns'The Slave’s Lament—' (1792) It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthrall   For the lands of Virginia-ginia O;Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more,   And alas! I am weary, weary O!      Torn from &c. All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost,   Like the lands of Virginia-ginia O;There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow,   And alas! I am weary, weary O!      There streams &c. The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear,   In the lands of Virginia-ginia O;And I think on friends most dear with the bitter, bitter tear,   And Alas! I am weary, weary O!      And I think &c. What literary devise does the author use to give the poem rhythm?

38. Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room. "Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"said the sunflowers, shining with dew."Our traveling habits have tired us.Can you give us a room with a view?" They arranged themselves at the windowand counted the steps of the sun,and they both took root in the carpetwhere the topaz tortoises run. William Blake

39. April Rain Song Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.  - Langston Hughes -  

40. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening By: Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

41. The Road Not Taken By: Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

42. "What the Wood Fire Said to the Boy" by Frank Lebby Stanton What said the wood in the fireTo the little boy that night,The little boy of the golden hair,As he rocked himself in his little armchair,When the blaze was burning bright?The wood cried, "See, How they've destroyed me!I stood in the forest, a beautiful tree,And waved my branches from east to west, And many a sweet bird built its nestIn my leaves of green,That loved to leanIn the springtime over the daisy's head.

43. Everyone speaks procedure: • Each person in the group will get a token. • This is what you will use when you talk about what you picked and why. • You many only speak using your token. • Once you speak, you cannot speak again until everyone has gone. • You can wait to use your token if you are unsure of the answer.

44. Sentence starters: • I think…… • What if….. • I predict….. • If I could change… • A confusing part… • I noticed….

45. Night Fall Sun Rise by Etan Thomas I never imagined it could happen in my lifetimeAs my mind turns back the hands of crimes to a time whenwe were rattled in chainsCaptured in segregation's painBut we've climbed our way up the mountainside andclaimed our prizeOur eyes refused to lose focus Drawing back the shades of history that have eclipsed ourpast we've now brightened our future Now able to ring a bell that once refused to toll for theeRed white and blue plasteredBut we've mastered our own destinies Reaching heights of dreams deeply rooted in the minds ofkings that withered the storms from sea to shining seaNonviolently we're respected by any meansSwimming in endless possibilitiesOur arrows of opportunities can hit any targets within thereach of our mind frameWhile the country is filled with elationIt's way past time for a change Hugs and cheersWarm embraces from total strangersSmiles on facesCries and tears Barack Obama's inauguration is a dream come trueHe is the anticipated rain of a village suffering through aneight-year drought

46. Certificate of Matrimony for Joseph and Mary Province of Nashville, Tennessee • Certificate of Matrimony for Joseph and Mary Province of Nashville, Tennessee, 02/26/1866 (ARC Identifier: 595017); Freedmen's Marriage Certificates, 1865 - 1869; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1879; Record Group 105; National Archives.