New Vocabulary for February 28, 2012

Deport (v) to carry or send away from a country; to banish

Export (v) to carry out of a country

Import (v) to carry into the country

Portable (adj) capable of being easily carried

Portage (n) the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another

Porter (n) an attendant who carries travelers' luggage for them

Portfolio (n) a case for carrying loose papers

Report (n) a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new

Support (v) to carry the weight of something

Transport (v) to carry something from one place to another

Vocabulary for February 20-24, 2012

Form-the way a poem looks-its arrangement on the page
Lines- poems use lines in phrases or sentences
Stanzas-Lines that are divided into groups

Sound-poets arrange words to create sounds they want listeners to hear
Rhyme-words that end with the same sounds
Rhythm-a poem's rhythm is sometimes called its beat
Repetition-if the poet chooses to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem to create or emphasize a particular feeling

Imagery**-words and phrases that appeal to the five senses

Figurative Language-choosing words or phrases that help readers picture ordinary things in new ways
Simile-a comparison in which the word like or as is used
Metaphor-a comparison that does not contain the word like or as
Personification-when a poet describes an animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities

Theme-a poem's theme is the message about life that it conveys

Extra Credit Poems (February 28 only)

The Pasture
by Robert Frost
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I shan't be gone long.---You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I shan't be gone long.---You come too.




A Time to Talk
by Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, "What is it?"
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground.
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

Additional Words/Figurative Language

Mood
Personification
Imagery
Allusion
Foreshadowing

Do you know these words? Do you recognize these words when given examples of poems and prose?

Word List for February 13, 2012

Bisect(v) - to cut into two pieces

Dissect(v) - to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

Insect(n)-a class of arthropod animals that has three separate

Sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen

Intersection (n) -the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

Section(n) - a separate part of something

Sectional(n) - a couch that is made up of separate pieces

Sector(n) - a separate part of a society, group, or area

Transect(v) - to cut across something

Trisect(v) - to cut into three separate pieces

Vivisection(n) - surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues or diseases

New Vocabulary for January 30-February 3, 2012

Ject-Throw

Dejected (adj) to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit

Eject (v) to throw out

Injection (n) a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle

Interjection (n) a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

Jettison (v) to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane

Projectile (n) an object thrown into the air with great force

Projector (n) a machine that throws an image onto a wall

Reject (v) to throw something out because it is defective and cannot be used

Subject (v) to throw oneself under someone else's rule

Trajectory (n) the curved path of an object thrown into space

The Road Not Taken/The Hobbit

In Robert Frost's poem,"The Road Not Taken", the traveler comes to a fork in the road. He must make a decision about the path he must take. At the end of the poem, the traveler chooses the road less traveled and that has made all the difference.

In the play, "The Hobbit", Bilbo Baggins, Thorin and the dwarves are reminded repeatedly to stay on the path in Mirkwood Forest. Why would Gandalf warn Bilbo and the dwarves about remaining on the path?

While comparing and contrasting Frost's poem and The Hobbit, look for specific examples of what might happen when characters strayed from the path...

A) Sometimes words are symbols. The word 'path' is a symbol for something else. Describe the path each character chooses and why it defines who 'the traveler' and Bilbo Baggins are.
B) Think of a time when you were faced with a choice or decision to make in your life. Several people may have given you advice about the path you should take. How does the path/decision compare to"The Road Not Taken" and The Hobbit.