1. Describe the picture in detail.
2. Answer the following questions: What's going on in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can you see? Today is “National Puzzle Day.”
1. What is your favorite type of puzzle to solve and why? 2. Reflect on the quote above. What does it mean to you? Guidelines for Letter Poems
Dear Student: Letter poems begin and end like the letters you are used to reading and writing. That, however, is where the similarity ends! In this letter poem exercise, you are not writing to thank someone for a birthday present, exchange news or ask for something. You are writing a letter of encouragement to yourself. 1. List words of encouragement and praise 2. Imagine what your biggest supporter would say to encourage you. 3. Draft a letter to yourself. One page is the minimum length! Write several drafts, until you have one you’re satisfied with. Now you are going to change your letter from prose to poetry... 4. Now get down to the nitty-gritty. Grab your red pen and start slashing. Look at every sentence and get rid of unnecessary words or phrases. Eliminate adverbs! Most of the time, they just prop up weak verbs. Instead of saying “very hungry,” say “famished.” Instead of “walked slowly,” say “strolled” or “ambled.” Substitute tired, overused words and cliches with something new and original.. 5. After you have cut and condensed, expand again! Can you find places where a metaphor or simile would conjure up an image, a picture, a sensory experience? *Assignment idea is from here. Watch the short animation called Feast. Notice when the character does something unexpected. Ask yourself why is the character doing that? What does the character realize? What is the main conflict? How does the character resolve the conflict? What is the theme of this movie?
Watch the short animation called Snack Attack. Answer the following prompts:
What is the aha moment in the movie? How do you think this might change things? What is the theme or lesson of this movie? Reflect on this quote in your journal.. Is change easy or hard for you? Write about a change in your life. Bonus ticket if you know who said this quote.
Write about the themes in the story Thank, You Ma'am by Langston Hughes. Use evidence to support your ideas. Which theme do you think is the most important? Why?
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