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Wednesday, January 11th - Period 1

What is Poetry: Day 5

Do Now: From the group agenda, identify the part of speech from each underlined word.  

Homework: 1) Research Paper, next 2 pages due Friday. 2) Study vocabulary, test tomorrow!

Critical Thinking Question: Why is it important to know part of speech?  How can parts of speech make you a better writer?  How do good poets and writers use parts of speech effectively?  

Content: Group Agenda, Examples of Cinquain Poems, Poetry Unit Portfolio

Objectives: Students understand and recognize parts of speech.  Students collaborate in groups to generate 3 cinquain poems.

Class Activities: Observing an artifact, Defining Parts of Speech, Cinquain Presentation, Writing Cinquains in groups.