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Reading is essential for those who seek to rise
above the ordinary. - Jim Rohn
SUMMER READING LINK
FOR HOUSE 8-2 2020 -2021
https://tinyurl.com/8readsummer
LVMS LIBRARY SUMMER DIGITAL
RESOURCES DOCUMENT
https://tinyurl.com/LibrarySummer20
WELCOME TO CYCLE 6!
QUOTE TO THINK ABOUT BY HELEN KELLER:
THE HIGHEST RESULT OF EDUCATION IS TOLERANCE.
THERE IS NO FIFTH ACTIVITY, ONLY ACTIVITIES 1-4! However, it's
not too late to send me missing work!!
Anyone who would like to send me an original poem, please feel free to do so.
I would love to read it!!!
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ACTIVITIES 1-4
THE FIRST ACTIVITY......
I hope you and your families are doing well!!!
Send me your work via email. DUE BY FRIDAY, May 8 or SOONER. Only
complete the first activity this week.
MOST IMPORTANT: Please include your period when you submit your activity.
If you have a question, just send me an email. Thank you!!! And have fun!!!
FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING STEPS to get the job done and have some fun!
Step 1: Google the story "The Blind Man and the Hunter."
Step 2: Read and enjoy this tale of tolerance.
Step 3: Write a 55 word poem, otherwisw known as a Double Nickel Poem.
Step 4: Use the following topic as a basis for your poem: What is the best piece of advice you
have ever received?
Step 5: Follow the same format as the model below to write your Doule Nickel Poem. Your poem
must have 10 lines and be 55 words. The first line has one word, the second line has
two words, the third line has three words, the fourth line has four words and so forth and
so one.
Step 6: Consider (always!) using similes, metaphors, and alliteration in your poem. However,
do not overdue it. Line 9 contains an alliteration in my poem.
The Special Nonagenarian
by Mr. Shapiro
Mister 1 word
Persak, the 2 words
Most sensible man 3 words
I ever knew, looked 4 words
At me with a serious 5 words
Expression and said, "The art of 6 words
Living is to know when to hold 7 words
Fast and when to let go." When Mister 8 words
Persak, my beloved dapper and neighborly nonagenarian passed, I 9 words
Too felt his peace from understanding when to let go. 10 words
TOTAL
10 LINES
55 WORDS
THE SECOND ACTIVITY
Send me your work via email. DUE FRIDAY, MAY 15. OR SOONER. Please
include your CLASS PERIOD when you submit your activity.
Follow the following steps to complete the 2nd Activity:
Step 1: Go to you tube and watch Dr. Seuss' The Sneetches Full Version (12 minutes 9seconds).
Step 2: Next, come up with three favorite things about someone else who is important to you.
Step 3: Then, write an original pantoum. A pantoum is a 16 line poem originating in Malaysia.
One major element of a pantoum is its use of repeating lines.
Step 4: Your goal in writing this pantoum is to express those three favorite things.
Step 5: Use the following format to write your pantoum. Rhyming is not required!!!
Line 1 new line
Line 2 new line
Line 3 new line
Line 4 new line
SPACE
Line 5 repeat line 2
Line 6 new line
Line 7 repeat line 4
Line 8 new line
SPACE
Line 9 repeat line 5
Line 10 new line
Line 11 repeat line 6
Line 12 new line
SPACE
Line 13 repeat line 10
Line 14 repeat line 3
Line 15 repeat line 8
Line 16 repeat line 1
Step 6: Read my Pantoum model below for further guidance. Create a title for your poem.
Step 7: Try using the following poetic devices in your pantoum (if you can!): simile, metaphor,
alliteration.
A Friendly Greeting
by Mr. Shapiro
1 I know a friendly greeting awaits me
2 Such a loving mother of two little girls
3 So willing to show me the tech way
4 Mrs. Kristina LaViere, my friend in 109
5 Such a loving mother of two little girls
6 Who light up her face with lasting love
7 Mrs. Kristina LaViere, my friend in 109
8 Her simple "Good Morning" means a lot
9 Such a loving mother of two little girls
10 She never fails to see the sun shining
11 Who light up her face with lasting love
12 Never leaves me lost in the tech world
13 She never fails to see the sun shining
14 So willing to show me the tech way
15 Her simple "Good Morning" means a lot
16 I know a friendly greeting awaits me
THE Third Activity
Send me your work via email. Due Friday, May 22 or SOONER.
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR CLASS PERIOD.
1. Start by reading the definition of a nonet (no - net).
2. A nonet is a nine line poem. The first line contains nine syllables, the next line has
eight syllables, the next line after that has seven syllables. This continues until the last line
(ninth line of poem) which has one syllable. I would strongly discourage trying to make your
nonet rhyme.
3. If you would like to count words instead of
syllables, that's perfectly okay with me.
4. Before writing the nonet, select one kind of prejudice from the list below and find out
what it means. Once you have made your selection, you will write your nonet based on that kind of
prejudice. Be sure to choose one that you have strong feelings about. IMPORTANT: YOUR NONET
CAN BE BASED ON A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THIS TYPE OF PREJUDICE OR ONE
THAT YOU MAKE UP.
AGE PREJUDICE
ECONOMIC PREJUDICE
GENDER PREJUDICE
MENTAL PREJUDICE
NATIONAL PREJUDICE
PHYSICAL PREJUDICE
POLITICAL PREJUDICE
RACIAL PREJUDICE
RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
SOCIAL PREJUDICE
4. EXAMPLE OF A NONET WRITTEN BY YOURS TRULY. I COUNTED SYLLABLES, NOT WORDS.
Time Tested
by Mr. Shapiro
So I've taught forty-four years. So (9 syllables)
What! I'm not washed up yet. The thrill (8 syllables)
Still thrives like a happy vine (7 syllables)
Blooming on a trellis. (6 syllables)
If my sixty-five (5 syllables)
Years have taught me (4 syllables)
Something: AGE (3 syllables)
DOES NOT (2 syllables)
COUNT (1 syllable)
The Fourth Activity
Due Wednesday, June 3
or sooner.
Email me your work and please include your class period.
Step 1: Google the poem "Becoming Joey" by Paul C. Gorski
Step 2: Read and enjoy the poem.
Step 3: Answer the following question in 3 to 5 sentences - What is your
favorite thing about the poem? Why?
Step 4: Write a free verse poem between 15 and 20 lines about a
significant moment in your life. For Jose in the poem, it was
transforming into Joey to fit in at school.
Step 5: Features of Free Verse.
Note: "Becoming Joey" is a free verse poem!
a) does not have any set rules
b) does not follow a proper rhyme scheme
c) uses devices such as similes, metaphores, alliteration,
repitition and personification.
d) vary the number of words per line
e) organize the lines and stanzas in a way that works best
for the poem
f) be creative, take risks and "reach for the sky"
2020 Baseball Schedule
All practices until 5 PM
Thur 4.16 Practice
Fri 4.17 at Mendham
Mon 4.20 Practice
Tue 4.21 vs. Frelinghuysen
Wed 4.22 vs. Chester
Mon 4.27 vs. Bernardsville
Thur 4.30 Practice
Fri 5.1 at Frelinghuysen
Mon 5.4 at Bernardsville
Wed 5.6 at Central
Thur 5.7 vs. Mendham
Tues 5.12 at Chester
Wed 5.13 vs. Central
Fri 5.15 vs. Mt. Olive
Tue 5.19 at Heritage
Wed 5.20 Practice
Thur 5.21 at Brooklawn
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