Monday, November 15, 2010

November 17, 2010

I just found a very cool site -- an online rhyming dictionary -- free!
http://www.rhymer.com/

Walter Dean Myers: http://www.adlit.org/second_chances#podcasts 

1. Bell-Ringer: Write an acrostic poem (or more) on your choice of subjects.  Each line begins with one letter of the word.

professional example:


EDITING THE CHRYSALIS
"At last, cried Butterfly,


Poised 
Over its
Empty chrysalis,
"My final draft!"
        by Avis Harley


2. Finish Love That Dog and write "inspired by" poems.


Children's books due December 2.

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