The Hawks Talk

On Monday we made a book called Poetic Devices. we defined the following words in this book: simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. On Tuesday we took our understanding of Simile and Metaphor, and we did RFA #3. On Wednesday we did a word wall which is writing a sentence using the words that we defined in our Poetic Devices booklet,and did RFA #4. Thursdaywe did RFA#5 and we picked groups for our Digital Storytelling Projects. In our Groups we brainstormed ideas for the poem and themes for the pictures.Friday we did RFA#6 and brainstormed more ideas for the Digital Storytelling projects.

In her poem, Pat Mora discusses what it feels like to her to be Mexican-American.  Do you believe that our society prejudges immigrants?  Do we make certain assumptions about people from other countries?  Do we treat immigrants from one country different than we treat immigrants from another country?  Are there some immigrants that are more likely to be prejudged than others?

In his poem, Robert Frost talks about choosing a “road less traveled by.”  What problems might arise from making this choice in life?  Are there benefits to making this choice?

We recently read a poem “The Lesson of the Moth” that discusses how one should live one’s life.  What is your reaction to the poem?  Should one be a moth, a cockroach, or some combination of the two?

UPDATE: John Batteiger, a news editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, created and edits the DonMarquis.com web site where readers can find a copy of “The Lesson of the Moth.”  -  APowell

This week in Mr. Powell’s class we went over many things. We learned how to use metaphors, smilies, personification, onomatopoeia, etc. At the end of the week we were introduced to our project. In groups of no more than three we will be taking pictures to form a poem. The poem is about our lives at St. Georges so far. We will continue to work on this project through out the week.