Petroglyph INSPIRATION: Underneath Art Project
Story Leads
The Underneath: Character traits Paragraph
THE UNDERNEATH
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath.Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten's one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O'Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love — and its opposite, hate — the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises. |
Doors & Rooms of poetry
Georgia Heard believes writing poetry is a ‘healing tonic’ for us all. Her method of writing poetry engages students to write poetry from their hearts. “Georgia threads the wisdom and discovery of young poets together with the words of beloved well-known poets in a wonderful weave.” Naomi Shihad Nye
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"Work of the eyes is done now go and do heartwork . . .” Rainer Maria Rilke |
Grade 4 GATE students were invited to learn Georgia Heard’s method of writing poetry. To help the students generate ideas, they completed the ‘Doors of Poetry’. After completing the doors, the students chose one door and explored the image or idea using the ‘Rooms of Poetry’. After reading over the ideas generated in the rooms, the students rearranged or eliminated rooms, decided words, or sentences to use and then created a poem.
Student Poetry Using the Doors & Rooms of poetry
Award-Winning Cowboy Poet
Doris has been an emcee and featured performer at every cowboy festival in Canada as well as several in the United States, including Texas, California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Montana and Oregon. In 2004 she was named Best Female Cowboy Poet in North America by the Academy of Western Artists, the first time any Canadian, male or female, has won the cowboy poetry category. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 she was named one of the Top 5 cowgirl poets in North America by the Western Music Association, with other Top 5 nominations for best collaboration and best cowboy poetry CD. At the November, 2009 WMA Awards Show, Doris won top honours for Best Female Cowboy Poet and best cowboy poetry CD. As with her AWA Will Rogers Awards, she's the first Canadian to bring home top honours in the cowboy poetry categories. |
Notes from our visit with Doris Daley
-Why do cowboy's write poetry?
-The word cowboy was first heard in the 1860s.
-Cowboys were aged 15-19 years old and on the trail for three to four months.
-To keep their stories alive, cowboys created poems with meter, rhyme, and rhythm so the stories would be remembered easily.
-Cowboy poetry was affected by barbed wire. Before barbed wire, North America was one large open range. Barbed wire meant sectioned fields and the end of roaming cowboys.
Things to remember when writing a poem:
Story - You are in control of the story. Your poem should have a beginning, middle, and end.
Pacing - Remember to add tasty tidbits that make your poem interesting to read.
Original - Make it your story.
Revision - Poetry is hard work.
Technique - When you know the rules of poetry it frees you to have fun.
Sparkle - Your poetry should have a part of you in it e.g. feelings, culture, memories
*Be an eavesdropper and listen and observe everything around you. That's what Ms. Daley does.
Ms. Daley shared it is scary to be a poet. She is afraid she will not but able to support herself writing poetry. She worries her ideas with "dry up" but Ms. Daley says it's worth it because she is doing what she loves.
-Why do cowboy's write poetry?
-The word cowboy was first heard in the 1860s.
-Cowboys were aged 15-19 years old and on the trail for three to four months.
-To keep their stories alive, cowboys created poems with meter, rhyme, and rhythm so the stories would be remembered easily.
-Cowboy poetry was affected by barbed wire. Before barbed wire, North America was one large open range. Barbed wire meant sectioned fields and the end of roaming cowboys.
Things to remember when writing a poem:
Story - You are in control of the story. Your poem should have a beginning, middle, and end.
Pacing - Remember to add tasty tidbits that make your poem interesting to read.
Original - Make it your story.
Revision - Poetry is hard work.
Technique - When you know the rules of poetry it frees you to have fun.
Sparkle - Your poetry should have a part of you in it e.g. feelings, culture, memories
*Be an eavesdropper and listen and observe everything around you. That's what Ms. Daley does.
Ms. Daley shared it is scary to be a poet. She is afraid she will not but able to support herself writing poetry. She worries her ideas with "dry up" but Ms. Daley says it's worth it because she is doing what she loves.
PARTS OF speech
Language in MotionGrammer Games . . .Parts of Speech links are coming soon. Please keep checking!
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Paragraph Writing
The Moon Rock: A Classroom read Aloud
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A few descriptive sentences that students created to describe our beloved Virgil.
Vergil is a beast with a lizard like body, crab like legs and can growl while hovering in midair.
Vergil's dreadful eyes glare at his surroundings.
Vergil is a terrifying hovering creature who is persistent.
With his gaping mouth, bone crushing teeth, crab like legs, lizard like body and scaly skin Vergil has a scary appearance.
Virgil crawls on his scrawny crab like legs.
Vergil is a fast running hideous pet of the librarian.
From the beginning of Vergil's life to the end of it, he never seemed to change. From his his piercing eyes to his drooling mouth, he was the fieriest of them all but also the most tame.
As Vergil stads, on his crab-like legs, he smirks and twitches his dark, greedy, white eyes, waiting for food.
Vergil is a beast with a lizard like body, crab like legs and can growl while hovering in midair.
Vergil's dreadful eyes glare at his surroundings.
Vergil is a terrifying hovering creature who is persistent.
With his gaping mouth, bone crushing teeth, crab like legs, lizard like body and scaly skin Vergil has a scary appearance.
Virgil crawls on his scrawny crab like legs.
Vergil is a fast running hideous pet of the librarian.
From the beginning of Vergil's life to the end of it, he never seemed to change. From his his piercing eyes to his drooling mouth, he was the fieriest of them all but also the most tame.
As Vergil stads, on his crab-like legs, he smirks and twitches his dark, greedy, white eyes, waiting for food.
POETRY CENTRES
6 centers of word exploration and learning the art of language.
Each Centre was designed to challenge students to explore their understanding of how words can be used in conventional and unconventional ways. Centres ranged from silly, performance, comparative and creative expression. - 40 minutes per centre + 20 minutes for performance and classroom debrief - Every 3rd class was for finishing incomplete petty Centre work and adding an extension (i.e.: redesign the centre, build another poem, research style of poetry or author) |
Poetry Passion Wordel: Poetry Title Page
What words capture your passion?
Search magazines, newspapers and old books for words and create a wordel to be the cover of our poetry book. |
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Writing Pre-Assessment
1) Use the first few seconds of this video inspire a story that you will have 30 minutes to work on.
2) After watching the whole video, please answer these two questions: a) Was it worth it? (value?) b) How does this story relate to your life? CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE Tabula Rasa VIDEO |
Poetry: DOn't Bump The Glump
CrEaTe dIfFeReNtLy & tHiNk QuIcKlY
After Reading Shel Silverstein's Don't Bump The Glump for some inspiration we started to create our own . . . Step 1) Take a min and turn splatter paint into a creature Step 2) Take 30 seconds and name your creation Step 3) Take 5 min and write a free-verse rhyming poem Extension: a) Paint your own blob and transform it b) Paint a blob and switch it with a friend |
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