88thth Graders GradersWelcome!Welcome!

1. Row Leaders: DO NOT grab your row’s folders from the folder box.

2. Have a seat before the bell rings or you will be late. :O)

3. Get out your materials and prepare to write your agenda.

-Thank you!

A Quick Reminder:A Quick Reminder:

•Do not get out of your seat without permission.

•If you are eating, put it away or throw it away.

•Do NOT shoot trash into the trash can.

•Be ready to work and stay on task.

1. Write your agenda2. Warm-up (A.L. #13) (p. 437 & p. 440)*3. Read: Lit. Focus (p. 437)* & MTW (p. 440)*4. Read 3 poems (p. 437-9)*5. Lit. Dev. Picture Chart*

Objective: On a picture chart, SWBAT identify literary or poetic devices in three different poems.

HW: Work on Literary Devices Picture Chart for the 3 poems (“Ode to Thanks,” “Birdfoot’s Grampa,” “Ode to a Toad”)-DUE FRIDAY this is a mini-project (30% of grade)-Have a great night!

A.L.: 13.) Ode & Lyric Poem CN 3/3013.) Ode & Lyric Poem CN 3/30

8th Grade Agenda3-30-11

Wednesday

Copy down the following questions/prompts on the left hand side of your Cornell notes, and write your answers on the right hand side using the following pages in your Holt L&LA books (p. 437 & p. 440). USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!!! (6 min)

Where did the ode originate? What is the purpose of an ode? What are odes like today? Where was Pablo Neruda from? Describe Neruda’s style & his reasons for that style. Where was Joseph Bruchac from? What does Bruchac say about the lesson he was

taught?

Assignment Log #13Assignment Log #1313.) Ode & Lyric Poem CN 3/3013.) Ode & Lyric Poem CN 3/30

HW: HW: Literary Devices Picture Literary Devices Picture ChartChart

DUE FRIDAY! (p. 438-9)DUE FRIDAY! (p. 438-9)“Ode to Thanks” “Birdfoot’s Grampa” (a lyric) “Ode to a Toad”

Metaphor-or-Simile: “…” 2 lines w/ exact rhyme: “…”alliteration: “…”

Personification: “…” Personification: “…”Personification: “…”

Put your pictures at the bottom of each square.

Put your pictures at the bottom of each square.

Put the literary device and your FULL QUOTE at the top of each square.

Put the literary device and your FULL QUOTE at the top of each square.

HW: HW: Literary Devices Picture Literary Devices Picture ChartChart

DUE FRIDAY! (p. 438-9)DUE FRIDAY! (p. 438-9)“Ode to Thanks” “Birdfoot’s Grampa” (a lyric) “Ode to a Toad”

Metaphor-or-Simile: “…” 2 lines w/ exact rhyme: “…”alliteration: “…”

Personification: “…” Personification: “…”Personification: “…”

Winding DownWinding Down*Class is almost over, so it is time to:1. Recap: Did you accomplish this

objective? Objective: On a picture chart, SWBAT identify

literary or poetic devices in three different poems.

2. Reminder: When is the Literary Devices Picture Chart due???

3. KEEP YOUR A.L. #13 SAFE!4. Take out agenda to be checked.5. When you are dismissed, row leaders

please put the folders away.

Materials neededMaterials needed

1. 170 Blank sheets of paper2. Crayons

State StandardsState Standards3.1 Determine and articulate the

relationship between the purposes and characteristics of different forms of poetry (for example, ballad).

3.6 Identify significant literary devices (e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define a writer's style and use those elements to interpret the work.