March 2

Humanities 8

Today we changed our seating arrangement.  We also watched two videos.  One discussed the myth of the "viking" helmet and the second focused on the legacy of the Vikings - trading centers, exploration and the advanced technology of the longboats.

English 10 (C & D)

Today we reviewed for our poetry test which is on Monday!!  Students were reminded of the content of the test.  Additionally, we also looked at sonnets, paradoxes and understatements in more detail.  I showed my version of the term sorting activity and we practiced identifying literary devices from pop culture examples.  See below.

Test topics include: poetry definitions, examples, sorting, glossing, paragraph answer, mutliple choice questions like final exam example.  

Poetry Term Sort

Types of poems

1.       Lyric

2.       Ballad

3.       Narrative

4.       Free verse

5.       Blank verse

6.       Sonnet

Structure

1.       Verse

2.       Stanza

3.       Refrain

4.       Rhyme scheme/ rhyme

5.       Rhythm

Explanatory Words

1.       Speaker

2.       Audience

3.       Connotation

4.       Denotation

Poetic Devices/Figurative Language

Emphasis

1.       Understatement

2.       Hyperbole

Opposites

1.       Paradox

2.       Oxymoron

3.       Irony

Visual Devices

1.       Image/imagery

2.       Symbol

Sound Devices

1.       Alliteration

2.       Onomatopoeia

3.       Rhythm

4.       Rhyme

Comparison

1.       Personification

2.       Simile

3.       metaphor