Ms. Carnes

Thriller

We are ending our suspense mini-unit with an analysis of Michael Jackson's "Thriller."  We will look at the lyrics with and without descriptive words - making a compare/contrast chart.  The use of descriptive language is important to our writing, and understanding the difference it makes is essential to improvement.  Have a great weekend! 

More Suspense

We will complete our figurative language terms 2 with a quiz in class today.  Continuing with suspense, we will read and discuss "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.  The discussion will include information on the life of the author as well as the elements of suspense he uses in his writing.

Suspense Continued

Today, we finished reading "The Monkey's Paw".  We covered the elements of suspense (anxiety and curiosity) and analyzed the ways the author used words to create these emotions in the reader.

We reveiwed the figurative language terms part 2 in order to prepare for the quiz on Thursday, 10/29.

Please review these terms and definitions at home. Download Figurative Language Terms 2

Suspense Unit

We have begun our suspense mini unit with the analyzation of the short story, "The Monkey's Paw."  We will be looking at the ways authors use words to create mood.  We are also continuing with the figurative langauge terms part 2.  The Quiz over these terms will be Thursday, 10/29.

Mock Writing Test

This morning we had a mock writing test in preparation for the 8th grade writing assessment in January.  In class, we will continue with our second group of figurative language terms.  The students will be quizzed over this group of definitions on Friday 10/23.  See the list downloaded on yesterday's blog for a copy (the students were also given the list in class on Monday).

More Figurative Language

Download Figurative Language Terms 2 We are studying our second set of figurative language terms.  We will be practicing identification of these terms in class this week.  The list is attached. Tomorrow we will have a mock writing test in preparation for the 8th grade writing test in January. 

High School is Coming

Today we will have a visit from Ms. Settles the eighth grade guidance counselor.  She is providing information the students need for high school.  Ask your student about what she had to say.

Have a great weekend!

Cliches

After our Figurative langauge Quiz #1 we will be in the computer lab researching cliches.

Figurative Language Part 1

We are continuing to review the first 5 terms on our list of figurative langauge devices.  Please see the attachment   (Download Figurative language Notes 1) for the list of terms and definitions we are studying this week.  We will have a quiz over these terms on Thurs.  10/15.

Figurative Language

We are continuing to explore figurative language - identifying the different types and locating them in writing samples.  Today we chose a random slip of paper and created a poster giving the definition, example, and picture of the type of figurative language on the slip.  We will review the definitions and practice for a quiz on the terms.  The quiz will be Thursday 10/15/09.