Welcome to Mr Grace Writing: 9:30 - 10:00am Poetry Learning Intention: We are learning to use simile in our writing to emotionally connect with our audience. Success Criteria: Our Pet Peeve Poem will
Read the following example together... How do the similes help you form an emotional response? How do they make you feel? Refocusing on our Pet Peeve Poetry from Tuesday... Let's think about those peeves we shared....
In creating our Pet Peeve Poetry let's begin by creating a poem together... I'm hoping you are all OK with trying this with one of my classroom pet peeves?! People who do not pick up after themselves... Think, pair, share What is annoying like this? Now you've shared with a buddy and another pair you will have a couple of strong examples... Did anyone have... PEOPLE WHO DO NOT PICK UP AFTER THEMSELVES You are annoying like a rooster that crows loudly outside my bedroom every morning at dawn. Like a jagged fingernail that catches on my school jumper all the time. Your selfishness feels like the sting from lemon juice in a paper cut. Can we include some of our own examples of similes? Now we are beginning to get the idea, take a look back at the Pet Peeve Poems we pasted into our Evidence Books. Think about the sentence starters... It's worse than.... It's as annoying as.... It's as terrible as... As horrible as... It looks like... It sounds like.... It feels like..... Like a..... As awful as.... As painful as.... Go back to your initial Pet Peeve brainstorming.... if you were comparing your peeve to something awful what would that be? To something hideous - what would that be? Have a go at drafting some ideas into your English book... remember you are really working on connecting with your audience - what will get a reaction from them? What will make them go "Oh... yes!! That IS horrible, I know what that is like" Think about the following quote.... REMEMBER WORDS HAVE POWER.....CHOOSE AMAZING, INTERESTING, THOUGHTFUL, UNUSUAL WORDS...your writing will SIIIIIIIIIING!
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