Reciting Water Poems

Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lord Tennyson, recited by David S.

To An Isle In The Water by William Butler Yeats, recited by Adrià

Water Music by Robert Creeley by Carla, Xavier and Sandra

To An Isle In The Water by William Butler Yeats, recited by Yousra & Paula E.

I think that the Root of the Wind is Water by Emily Dickinson, recited by Alba & Erik

Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, recited by Maria / Sea Fever by John Masefield, recited by Juan David / O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman, recited by Mireia

Instructions & poems here.

Meeting Tammy Trevor and knowing about Canada

Water Poems

As you have seen, one of the objectives in Unit 4 is to learn how to recite a poem in English.

You can choose one of these poems:

Crossing the Bar by Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Tide Rises the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I think that the Root of the Wind is Water by Emily Dickinson
To An Isle In The Water by William Butler Yeats
Water Music by Robert Creeley

Or any of the following:

Classic Poems About Sailors and the Sea

You can also try this game and then use this poem (click on the image to access the link):

You will have to find images which illustrate your poem. So, you need to understand what the poem says, first.

Use Voicethread to record your voice to the chosen images.

Some tips:

Read the poem slowly.
Read in a normal, relaxed tone of voice.
Use a dictionary to look up unfamiliar words and hard-to-pronounce words.

This assignment is due for April, 2.

Christmas Culture Box from South Korea

We have finally received our Christmas Culture Box from our peers in Seoul, South Korea.

We can reflect on what we have received on this wall. You can also find out more by doing online research so that you can complement what you are reading or seeing. If you have questions or need further explanations, you can also ask them here.

Ms. Tammy Trevor’s Visit

As you already know, a Canadian teacher, Ms. Tammy Trevor, is visiting us next week.

She’s from Edmonton, Alberta. Have you ever heard of Edmonton before?

Well, it is a city of over 900,000 people in the Canadian province of Alberta.

117Avenue [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] From top left, the skyline of downtown Edmonton from the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, the Rowand House in the Fort Edmonton courtyard at Fort Edmonton Park, the Alberta Legislature Building from the northeast, the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton City Hall and Law Courts from 102A Avenue and 97 Street, a statue of Wayne Gretzky under a pedestrian bridge on the south side of Rogers Place, the High Level Bridge and Dudley B. Menzies Bridge from the north bank, and the Muttart Conservatory from the south, in Edmonton.

Do you want to know more about her town, Edmonton, or her school, Laurier Heights School? Well, you could find out, do some research, so that you can come up with some questions to ask her. Also, questions about the city’s local waterways and water system.

When looking for information about Edmonton, you’ll find out the city is home to North America’s largest mall, West Edmonton Mall.

Which is your favorite mall? Why?
What would you like a mall to have?

So, let’s see what is special about West Edmonton Mall.

Titanic survivors’ stories

Have you watched this movie?

Did you like it?

What was the best part?

We are going to imagine we interview some Titanic survivors and we ask them what they were doing when the Titanic hit the iceberg.

Cinquain poems about water

[All activities inspired by PIZZAZ & the University of Oregon]

Have a look at this cinquain poem by Khaled, a student at the University of Oregon:

Nature
by Khaled

Nature
Beautiful, pure
Refreshing, enjoying, relaxing
Nature is healthy.
Fun

A cinquain is a 5-line poem.

Let’s identify the structure of the poem by having a look at its parts of speech. Match these parts of speech to the 5 lines in the poem:

a) 2 adjectives. They describe the noun in line 1.

b) 1 short, complete sentence about the noun in line 1.

c) 1 noun. This is a synonym for the noun in line 1.

d) 1 noun. This is the topic or theme of the poem.

e) 3 gerunds (verb + ing). They describe the noun in line 1.

Other examples:

River
by Miki

River
Clear, wonderful
Slapping, whirling, flowing
The river is cold.
Water

Dove
by Min

Dove
Active, free
Flying, sitting, crying
A dove is free.
Bird

Examples of poem presentations here.

My former students’ poems.

Why don’t you participate in the Sant Jordi writing contest with cinquain poems about water? Ideas? The Llobregat river, the Mediterranean sea, any water animal, a poem about water pollution…

Bases del concurs literari Sant Jordi 2018-19

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