E10+-+Nov.+15-19

Monday, Nov. 15

 * state OAKS reading test

Tuesday, Nov. 16

 * reading test

Wednesday, Nov. 17

 * finish reading test
 * start poetry

Thursday, Nov. 18

 * start poetry
 * Poetry Blitz
 * start Interactive Notebook for Poetry
 * assemble 20 sheets plus cover
 * Table of contents on page 1 (first inside lined sheet)
 * Definitions on **page 3** for
 * **prose** - regular sentences and paragraphs
 * **poetry** - intense language; the best words in the best order
 * **verse** - another word for poetry, sometimes used for a stanza
 * **stanza** - a set of lines in a poem set apart by spaces, similar to a verse or a chorus in a song
 * On **page 2** draw two rectangles (two little pages)
 * on one page draw a page that looks like prose
 * on the other draw a page that might look like poetry

Friday, Nov. 19

 * Interactive Notebook - definitions on **page 5**
 * paraphrase - to put into other words
 * free verse - poetry written without conforming to rules of rhyme or meter
 * cliche - an overused word or phrase; a predictable and uninteresting word or phrase
 * allusion - a reference to a story or poem outside the one you are reading, only effective if the reader is aware of the work being referenced
 * literary allusion - a reference to another work of literature
 * Biblical allusion - a reference to something from the Bible
 * historical allusion - a reference to an event in history
 * populare culture allusion - a reference to something else in popular culture