November 5, 2010

Bell-Ringer:  Write limericks.

Stories for each other?  Create a storyboard for a book about the classmate you interviewed. 

More Love That Dog -- poetry and poetic devices

Prepare for fieldtrip to Legacy next Tuesday, November 9. 

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Extra Credit: What does semordnilap  mean?  See the nswer below.  Be the first to tell me for 5 points extra credit.

Brian P. Cleary

Semordnilap is a word or phrase that spells a different word or phrase backwards, as in this pair: Dennis ; sinned. "Semordnilap" is a 20th Century coined word which is "palindromes" spelled backwards. Among the longest single-word English examples: stressed –; desserts.

October 4, 2007

October 4, 2007
Students received a tape-in of "My Rambling Autobiography," and wrote a rambling biography for the self-starter.

We finished reading Love That Dog. Each student should have at least one "Inspired by" poem to type and post on the 9th.
They also received assignments for "If I Ruled the World," and "I Am From" poems. These will also be typed up next time.

October 2, 2007

October 2, 2007

Students described three different types of crackers as thoroughly as they could.

We read from Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, and imitated some of the poetry quoted there.
We'll finish reading it next time.
If you were absent, make sure you get one of the sheets of poems to imitate.