Thursday, April 16, 2026

Writing 2 Class Notes–Week 12 (4/16)

 The buds are budding and the sun is shining–and had another great class with this group!


We started with Visual Vocabulary.  Today’s words are:  catalyst and deleterious.Our vocabulary is growing–we only have one more installment of Visual Vocabulary before the end-of-semester quiz.  Use this week to catch up on any essays/compositions that are overdue.


Writing

Today, we took some time to analyze the poem “I’m Nobody–Who are you?” by Emily Dickinson.  We watched a video about her life and discussed how her poem reflected some aspects of her life.  As homework, students will try to write their own “I am __________” poem in her style.  We can learn a lot when we imitate great writers!


Literature

We had a Poetry Devices Scavenger Hunt.  After discussing different Poetic Devices like onomatopoeia, imagery, and enjambment, we practiced identifying devices together in the large group.  After that, I assigned groups and they were given time to read and “scavenge” their own poems for different devices.  We had time for a few station rotations of this.  I hope they found some favorites among the batch.


Grammar

After that, I handed out two worksheets on italics and quotation marks.  Students had some time to work the worksheets in class.  They are due next week.

 

That is all! 

Blessings,

Mrs. G


Homework

Week 13 Poems

Poetry Response Packets

“I am Nobody–” Poetry Imitation

Week 12 Grammar 

–Italics & Quotation Marks

–Using Italics


Links for This Week

A bit about Dickenson


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Writing 2 Class Notes–Week 12 (4/16)

  The buds are budding and the sun is shining–and had another great class with this group! We started with Visual Vocabulary .  Today’s word...