Persuasively Writing About Your Favorite Book Title

 

* You will be defending a book title that you feel is worthy enough of being added to the English curriculum and taught in the English classroom room here at FHS.  

 *After completing the brainstorm map, click on the link below to write your persuasive letter to the school board. Use Chrome when working with the Letter Generator (rather than Firefox or Internet Explorer)

 http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

Station A: Figurative Language Review

1). Review figurative language techniques with this practice quiz.
 http://www.timeforkids.com/homework-helper/study-helper/figurative-language#prev

2). Try out a variety of figurative language games by going to this link to help review for next Wednesday's open-notes test (Wednesday, May 7th)..
http://www.gamequarium.com/figurativelanguage.html

Tone & Mood Poetry Activity



We will be listening to audio and visual examples of some classic poetry to identify the mood and tone of each piece. Click on the following link to get started: http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/listen-to-poetry

Station A: Oxymoron Introduced

 

1). Watch the following video to complete your skeleton notes focusing on  "oxymoron": http://video.about.com/grammar/What-Is-Oxymoron-.htm

2). If you still have time, play the following game to review what you just learned from the video by clicking on the following link: http://www.vocabulary.co.il/word-play/match-and-make-oxymorons/

Personification

*To get started on the concept of "personification" let's look at how advertising has taken advantage of this figurative technique to sell a product:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JY7s3C6aSk

Here is the video we will watch in class, on Monday, that defines this techniquw contains different ways personification is used in a variety of literary types:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrF1JBMxYs

Juxtaposition Introduced

1). Click on the following link to fill in your skeleton notes on juxtaposition.  Feel free to pause the video or watch it more than once in order to have completed notes.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLme6-ddADg

2). If you have time, please watch the following video for additional explanation and support until it's time to rotate to the next station.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGWS7JtA98

Symbolism Station

 

 Please use your Symbolism notes skeleton to fill in the blanks that coincide with the Prezi you are about to view by clicking on the link below.

1). http://prezi.com/s93r4tla1a7e/symbolism/

2). If you have time, please watch the following two youtube videos that reinforce the elements and concepts of Symbolism:

 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-F599mU6L4   

  -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNfHfIAQoQk

New Books in Mrs. Enos' Classroom Library!

 

I have more new books than what appears on the list below, but these are the titles I could locate book trailers/audio book talks for!  You can preview a book by checking out one of these short trailers.  Happy Reading!

Book Trailers

Science-Fiction/Fantasy

The Bar Code Prophecy by Suzanne Weyn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEdRaVvHhzY

The Apothecary by Maile Meloy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH-BGOQMClk

The Missing Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

http://pages.simonandschuster.com/themissing

* Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3L3YCDjBXM

Dark Life by Kat Falls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCjp2JdIz48

Historical-Fiction

The Klipfish Code by Mary Casanova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX4MLWsNeOc

Dr. Frankenstein’s Daughters by Suzanne Weyn

* (1:56-2:40) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29lGxe9T4XQ

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire Saenz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ6gHUJ5vcw

Mystery/Suspense

*Variant by Robison Wells

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUqMmcK8p_w

Realistic-Fiction

My Summer of Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC9uOrZDmzU

*The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThCKIr5QNFg

The Beast by Walter Dean Myers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtUdGIK77BA

Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y2BWJ8gMvU

*Inside Out by Terry Trueman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlF65rs6EAk

*Slumming Kristen D. Randle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73_bNkIQyzA

Riker’s High by Paul Volponi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRLn7-3wx0

Free Fall by Ariela Anhalt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEZ0kjX2s9E

Not as Crazy as I Seem by George Harrar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZlRGsa3yFc

*First Shot by Walter Sorrells

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a26_UEh3E4

Sports-Fiction

Damage by A.M. Jenkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPGE957Ty4w





Song Lyrics are a form of poetry (lyrical poetry) and the Tone of these poems can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the reader/artist who wants to perform them.

*Materials Needed:

*Computer/Internet Access

*Mrs. Enos’ webpage for the appropriate links: www.readingwithenos.blogspot.com

*writing utensil

*headphones

*this handout

Directions:

1). Choose five different titles (2 artists/title) to listen to.  This means you will be listening to each song twice.

2). Appropriately fill out the grid for each one of the songs.

3). There are seven song options, so you can pick and choose which ones interest you the most.

4). Think about the contrasting mood each reader/artist gave to the song.  Same words, but different interpretations and decide for yourself which tone/mood seems to fit better with these lyrics/poetry.

Example: "Piece of My Heart"

A = Janis Joplin version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8PGDlh6GfM

B = Faith Hill version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsw3FBTfm0

Example: "What a Wonderful World"

A = Lois Armstrong version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3yCcXgbKrE

B = Israel Kamakawiwo version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY5VI4whiys

Example: "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

A = Creedence Clearwater Revival version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99ujHKaNO0

B = Gladys Knight and the Pips version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah1cvL_ez-M

Example: "Always on My Mind"

A = Willie Nelson version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDGiSoLIG8I

B = Da'ville version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT5L3vuXCIc

Example: "Eleanor Rigby"

A = The Beatles version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaRNrDaoMqw

B = Aretha Franklin version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ_dhKnooQ8

Example: "Leaving on a Jet Plan"

A = John Denver version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ToC8pQrCY

B = Chantel Kreviazuk version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb6J_ejLd7o

Example: "I Fought the Law"

A = The Bobby Fuller Four version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJlKzgl1tZQ

B = The Clash version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVHMP_kSrw

STUDY FOR THURSDAY'S PREFIX-SUFFIX QUIZ!!!!!

Click on the link below to better prepare yourself for Thursday's quiz over this week's prefixes and suffixes!
http://quizlet.com/29734438/prefixes-and-suffixes-week-13-flash-cards/

What is your next reading book going to be?



Here are some ideas of different titles that are in my classroom library!  Click on the book trailer to see what each novel is all about.  The titles with an * are book trailers with audio.  Enjoy!

Realistic-Fiction

*The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Girl Perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLsejBOqomk

Boy Perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMuabwQAgo

Ten Miles Past Normal by Frances O'Roark Dowell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqyc70My1SU

*Guitar Notes by Mary Amato

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqDTT9T8iE

Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwTtvIPUS4s

Sparrow Road by Shelia O’Connor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gave_b0EDIg

Pinned by Sharon Flake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWdGmOFI4-Q

See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Yi4v5YHNA

In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIB0rFkObw

*Everything for a Dog Ann M. Martin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmXGOCp5hDs

Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqLx50IDg4

Mystery/Suspense

Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3oRkS2ny2k

*Shimmer (A Riley Bloom Book) by Alyson Noël

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZqW7rJyvDU

The Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-UwimDaUg

DARKER STILL, A NOVEL OF MAGIC MOST FOUL by Leanna Renee Hieber

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mg38FTYSIY

The Vampire Stalker by Allison van Diepen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdd03B30jdw

Historical-Fiction

Deadly by Julie Chibbaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onqu1FngWLk

The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pteHJ1jCOe4

*Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u630dERY5Sc

Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Peter Lerangis and Harry Mazer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDYYTRv08k

Prisoners in the Palace: How Princess Victoria became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel by Michaela MacColl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WmLbgkUFAU

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

NO PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT by Gennifer Choldenko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmxzsaU4A90

*Trash by Andy Mulligan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9VDB02xB90

*MICHAEL VEY: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25LUGN5_0B8

The Golden Door by Emily Rodda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_JKjhhgTT4

*Juniper Berry by M.P. Kozlowsky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGBlysm1JCY

Witchlanders by Lena Coakley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ99DCCN85g

Graphic Novels

Brain Camp by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFLogaTeS-w

*Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poQcXoYxwk

UGLIES: SHAY'S STORY by Scott Westerfeld

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wopR9Yo2hE