Personification Review: Station A

 

Click on the links below to review personification through both inter-actives and audio-video visuals.

1). http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/personificationpractice.html 
(Can you click on the statements that are examples of personification?)
 2).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu-3sB-U-Jk (Compares and Contrasts Reality with Personification when looking at nonhuman things)
3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n2FDufJOFw (Personification in Music)

Personification and Imagery Lecture

If you were absent from class on Monday, here are the prezi and video links you'll need to make up what you've missed.

1). http://prezi.com/x9alwmz1cbm3/personification/
2). http://prezi.com/bskgoig2jf2e/sensory-imagery/
3). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgz4l4f3Bb4
4).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPcxC8x-oBE

Themes in Literature (Station A)

 Please Watch the following Theme Review Videos:

1). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkuxT2kBY4

 2).  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3_Bb9wGObY

 

 

Week #15 & #16: Root Word Review

The Week #15 & #16 Root Word Quiz will be Wednesday, 11/27

http://quizlet.com/30979162/week-15-16-roots-flash-cards/

Book Trailers: Ideas for Your Last Independent Read for the Semester

Here's the full list of book trailers about novels I've read and think you'd like!  I didn't get through all of them in class, so feel free to watch some more to help you pick the right book for you!  Mr. Koehler will also be promoting some great titles on Monday in class as well!

Book Trailers:

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOXDD3atWco

The Amanda Project by Amanda Valentino

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBFFmP_8Dug

Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7P6ZJlFoh8

Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdBU3SvJCgA

Cut the Lights by Karen Krossing

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

Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4AR0E1iyAs

Maus I/Maus II by Art Piegelman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDplY_1zMCg

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOeZBt68ajw

The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguH22uvJ0w

Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osb9x5W3veo

After Ever After by Jordan Sonneblick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQtUE6e0Kg

The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAV5ActuNUU

How I Became a Teenage Survivalist by Julie L. Casey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoVrB1SlrC0

Tempest by Julie Cross

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidaeJl0qOE

Shattering Glass by Gail Giles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIqC0khQCjE

A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon

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

Hunt for the Seventh by Christine-Morton Shaw

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

Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen

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

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93MWCIGSl-E

Montana 1948 by Larry Watson

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

The Whisper by Emma Clayton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pPFmfrNO-U

Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtv3UOi9HNg

Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cshvyz6bQ8M

The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinksy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we1VoOtV5uw

Tentacles by Roland Smith

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWbKqJTCF9w

Week #14: Prefix & Suffix Flashcards = STUDY!!!!!!

http://quizlet.com/30029043/prefixes-and-suffixes-week-14-flash-cards/

Irony: Practice Through Cartooning

Irony: (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

* the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny

* a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected

Click on the following website to create your own cartoon strip demonstrating irony.  http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/

Make sure your comic strip has at least 6 frames, dialogue, and well-organized fluidity.  Please print off your comic strip and include it in your binder work for the week.

Oxymoron Video Notes

1). Watch the following video to complete your notes skeleton focusing on the 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/

Tone/Mood Activity

 

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

 

 

 

 

Week #13 Prefix and Suffix Electronic Study Tools!

Click on the link to study for Friday's quiz: http://quizlet.com/29734438/prefixes-and-suffixes-week-13-flash-cards/

Cat Got Your Tongue? (Reviewing Idioms)

After you are done composing your cliche poem, click on the following links to practice/learn about different types of idioms across cultures and generations.

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/idioms-game-slang-game/

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/animal-slang-game/

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/food-slang-game/

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/feelings-slang-game/

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/idioms/money-slang-game/

http://www.quia.com/cb/103072.html