”Perhaps,” I pondered, “my penchant for Poe’s poetry  partnered with my profuse passion for painstakingly ponderous puzzles might just proffer the perfect opportunity to propose a perfectly peachy Happy Mother’s Day packed with promise.”

Yes, the Bard has paid a visit to Room 108, and poetry abounds in all LA classes.

  • Grade 6:  Elements of Poetry (sensory and figurative language, sound devices, and characteristics of lyric and narrative poems); composition (see “If” poems on blogfolios); memorization/recitation: “How To Eat a Poem” by Eve Merriam
  • Grade 7:  Elements of Poetry; memorization/recitation of classical poetry: Longfellow, Dickinson, Dylan Thomas, Kipling, Frost, Kilmer (see poems, poet bios and reflections on blogfolios)
  • Grade 8: Elements of Poetry; poetry as performance art; plays written in verse: memorize and perform selected scenes from “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand

LOOKING AHEAD

  • Grades 6-8:
    • 5/15/12   Chai Reading due
        • Chai-light: Imagine that you are a set designer.  Create a miniature stage setting (actual or virtual) that depicts a crucial scene in your book.  Include a written explanation of the scene.
    • 5/23/12      Poetry Test (proposed)
    • 5/21-24/12  Poetry Recitations
    • 5/28/12     No School:  Shavuot, Yizkor, Memorial Day
    • 5/30/12     Chai Reading due
        • Chai-light: Write a journal/diary entry as one of the book’s characters
    • 5/31/12      Talent Show
    • 6/01/12      School-wide Kabbalat Shabbat
    • 6/01-05/12  Housekeeping
    • 6/06/12     Middle School Graduation
    • 6/07/12     Last Day of School – Noon Dismissal
    • 6/08/12     Summer Break Begins!

 

Unsolved puzzle courtesy of jigzone.com