Grade 7 and 8 Poetry Test Review: Dec. 16th

Grade 7 and 8 Poetry Definitions: Will be on test on Dec. 16th (Date change due to Xmas paarty)

Poetry Definitions: Will be on Exam

Metaphor makes a comparison without using like or as. The street is my heart.

Hypebole makes exaggerated comparisons for effect. Sometimes there are funny. It was so hot we fried.

Simile compares one thing to something unlike it using like or as. Coat hooks hold winter hats like branches hold old nests.

Personification makes a comparison in which something that is not human is described with human qualities. My egg stared back like sick eyes.

Internal Rhyme is the rhyming of words in the middle of lines. After he make an out, a pout rattled his mouth.

Onomatopoeia is the use of words whose sounds make you think of their meanings, as in buzz, thump, and snap.

End Rhyme is the rhyming of words at the end of two or more lines of poetry.

Alliteration is the repeating of the beginning constant sounds in words like dance, dare, and drop.

Consonance is the repeating of a word or phrase to add rhythm, or to emphasize a certain idea: The wind hissed, hissed down the alley.

Word Cinquain:
Line 1: title 1 word
Line 2: Description of title 2 words
Line 3: Action about the title 3 words
Line 4: Feeling about the title 4 words
Linen 5: Synonym for the title 1 word

Example:
Dinosaurs
Lived once,
Long ago, but
Only dust and dreams
Remain

Example 2: Spaghetti
Messy, spicy
Slurping, sliding, falling
Between my plate and mouth
Delicious


Syllable Cinquain:
Line 1: title 2 syllables
Line 2: Description of title 4 syllables
Line 3: Action about the title 6 syllables
Line 4: Feeling about the title 8 syllables
Linen 5: Synonym for the title 2syllables

A Threat
Stormclouds,casting shadowsover weary soldiers,threaten to cry heavy bucketsof tears.
Lovesong
Treefrogsin my drainpipeseranading their loversdelight in keeping me awakeat night.


Definition of Stanza Literary Term
A Stanza consists of two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme and are used like paragraphs in a story. Some different types of stanzas are as follows:
- a set of lines in a poem, separated from other stanzas with an empty lineThis Example has Four stanzas.

Couplets - Couplets are stanzas of only two lines which usually rhyme
Example - "Eenie Meenie Miny Moe,Catch a tiger by his toe."
Tercets - Tercets are stanzas of three lines. The three lines may or may not have the same end rhyme. If all three lines rhyme, this type of tercet is called a triplet.
Example of Tercet Stanza Literary Term
Do not go Gentle into that Good NightbyDylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Quatrains - Quatrains are stanzas of four lines which can be written in any rhyme scheme.
A concrete poem is one that takes the shape of the object it describes.

The Diamante Poem
The Diamante Poem is arranged in a diamond pattern using seven lines in the following manner: (You need a list of adjectives for this poem)
1. LINE 1 one word subject (noun)
2. LINE 2 two adjectives describing LINE 1 noun
3. LINE 3 three participles ending in -ing or -ed to decribe LINE I noun
4. LINE 7 one word growing out of or opposite to LINE 1 noun (another noun)
5. LINE 6 two adjectives describing LINE 7 noun
6. LINE 5 three participles ending in -ing or -ed to describe LINE 7 noun
7. LINE 4 four words - two related to the noun in LINE 1 and two related to the noun in LINE 7; they be arranged concurrently or alternately, as the originator of the poem wishes.

The result is a pattern of contrast shown in poetry form. By al1owing the students the additional option of selecting and creating their own graphic designs, the completed poem is at once both a unique and individual expression of response.

EXAMPLE
DREAMS
SUBCONSCIOUS, IMAGINARY
SLEEPING, WISHING,THINKING
FANTASY, ACTUALITY, VISION, GENUINE
BEING, SEEING, KNOWING, AUTHENTIC, FACTUAL
BEING, LIVING, MEANING, LIFING
REALITY

Pun: A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
Meter:
This is the number of feet that is in a line of poetry. A line of poetry can have any
number of feet, and can have more than one type of foot. There are some meters that
are used more often than others.

Monometer: a line with 1 foot
Dimeter: A line with 2 feet
Trimeter: A line with 3 feet
Tetrameter: A line with 4 feet
Pentameter: A line with 5 feet
Hexameter: A line with 6 feet
Heptameter: A line with 7 feet
Octameter: a line with 8 feet
If a line of poetry has 5 feet, and those 5 feet are all iambs, you have a line of poetry
that is called iambic pentamter. This is the most common metric pattern in formal
poetry.

Limerick- A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme aabba.

Ballad- a poem telling in a direct and dramatic manner some popular story usually derived from a tragic incident in local history or legend. The story is told simply, impersonally, and often with vivid dialogue.

Free Verse- Poetry that does not try to follow any rigid requirements or to obey conventional rules is called.

Acrostic poem-
C - Caring
O - Outstanding Student
L - Leader
E - Excitable

Analizing the poems:
The Blind Man
Gluskap’s Hound – T.G. Roberts
Catalogue – Rosalie Moore
This was my Brother – Mona Gould
Limericks a la Carte

Grade 8 Due Jan. 22nd

Grade 8 Edo Japan Newspaper

Look at the sample newspaper(s). You have been asked to create a front page for a local Japanese paper that is owned by the shogun family. Remember the shogun believes isolation is necessary for his country and will demand that the articles promote his views and show a negative bias toward an opened door society. As well, conformity (behaving as a group and not as an individual) is also important in the Japanese Edo society.

Things you must have in your paper:
*Entire page must be covered (remember it is expensive to go to the press),
*must follow newspaper format (columns, pictures, editorials, date, title, etc),
must be checked for grammar and spelling, * must reflect the Edo worldview
* MUST BE CREATIVE AND NEAT
* Must contain minimum of 3 developed articles and additional creative items.
* articles must follow a proper article format (lead, 5 W’s, and 3 details)
*Content must be accurate (fun and entertaining bits are allowed more freedom ( ex. classifieds))

Article choices include: (must have 3 from this selection)
Political Cartoon promoting conformity
Article based on the value of the group (why uniforms are necessary)
Article promoting social hierarchy and societal control: Peasant Man caught trying to be a Samurai; Sentenced to Death
How did the people react after Isolation? Interview people who promote the positives of a closed society?
An article on the effects of isolation on Japan economically, politically, and socially
Personal research from internet/ books which will provide ideas for interesting article.
Timeline
Shogun’s editorial: Why is it important to stay a closed society?
Perspectives on Japan
Something of your choice from notes and chapter 5. (Must be pre-approved)

Other things to choose from to make your paper MORE interesting:
* Creative TITLE
Classifieds: ex: Jobs promoting lifetime commitment
Confucious sayings
Advertising: Rice for sale, looking for samurais
Weather: ex. Rain delays the building of the railway again
Top Ten __?___: ex: songs, movies, books: sample: The Last Samurai, How to Close a Country’s Doors in 10 days, It’s the end of trade as we Know it, etc.
Important People: Obituary format or your choice.
Comic Strip: (putting down the non-people/outcasts)
Cooking 101: Great rice recipes
Fashion police: 5 tips to stay in style within your social class
Geography/climate/weather highlight: Local disasters
Pictures
The arts
Other

grade 8 Rap song!! Due Dec. 18th

Grade 8: RAP SONG

You have been hired to write and produce your own song (from any genre: rap, country, rock) which focuses on the seven elements of the Worldview of the Japanese. The following are the guidelines that your song MUST follow:
* Identify elements of the Japanese civilization which represent its worldview before Western contact.
*Explore how the Japanese worldview influenced its choices, decisions, and customs.
* Must be approximately 3-5 minutes in length.
* Must contain musical and poetic elements such as chorus, rhythm, rhyme, metaphor, simile, personification, imagery and alliteration.
* A typed, revised copy of the lyrics must be submitted. * Song must be presented either in person or by CD format (sung version). Final product is due on Dec. 15th.