Author Archives: Suzanne

Dear Students, Please send me an e-mail in letter format:  an opening; a body with single spacing within the paragraphs and double between paragraphs; a closing (sincerely, with love, yours truly); size 12 font and a minimum of three (3) … Continue reading →

Find topics and a purpose to write – that matters to YOU, to your life, to who you are and who you want to be. Try new topics, purposes, audiences, genres, forms and techniques. Make your own decisions about what … Continue reading →

Welcome!  I’m excited to get writing!  If you’re in 10, 11, or 12th grade, please look over last year’s writing and revise; or create a new piece of writing.  Freshman (9th graders) start writing! Rules of Writing Workshop: Use this … Continue reading →

For your final poetry assignment, I want you to write just one more poem and gather all that you have written into a portfolio. The portfolio will include: a cover page with an appropriate picture, title, your name and date. simile … Continue reading →

How to Write a Bio Poem   Line 1:  First Name Line 2:  Four descriptive traits (adjectives) Line 3:  Sibling of . .. Line 4:  Lover of Line 5:  Who fears . . . Line 6:  Who needs . . … Continue reading →

A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things without using the words like or as.  The writer simply states that one thing is something else or implies the comparison. Examples: A babies laughter is a precious gift. Failure is … Continue reading →

A sonnet contains 14 lines, arraigned with 8 lines in the rhyming patter of a b b a, a b b a, and six lines of c d c d c d .  Scholars believe the form originally came from Italian and … Continue reading →

“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks Read Aloud – ask yourself when should you pause and why /  what words to stress and why / how do the white spaces affect this poem? We will listen to this poem aloud. … Continue reading →

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Focus Question:  What poetic devices do poets use?  Answer:  they use figurative language like:  imagery, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, allusion Poems with figurative language: “My Papa’s Waltz” by Thedore Roethke “Young” by Anne Sexton “In Memoriam” by Lord Alfred Tennyson … Continue reading →