3-5/3-6-2007 Poetry Intro

Lesson:
We had a peer editor look at our rough drafts. If absent, please have someone edit your work before next class. Turn in a rough draft and a final.
We took a poetry pre-assessment. Make sure to pick one up next class. We went over poetic terms. If absent , please look up the following terms and find the definition and one example of each:
Alliteration
Assonance
Rhyme
Verse
Stanza
Meter
Rhyme scheme
Simile
Metaphor
Tone
Rhythm
Onomatopoeia
Figurative Language
Symbol
Personification

Look up trains and South Africa on the internet. Follow the directions for the train poem on the "assignments" page.
HMWK:
Final draft of "This I Believe"
Train poem (see assignments page)