November 30, 2012

March 9, 2015

Journal Set 2Song of the day: “L-O-V-E” by Nat “King” Cole What do each of the letters of “LOVE” stand for according to the song?

Quote“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” –Lewis Carroll

Word of the DaySince people continued to talk over Ms Salisbury yesterday, not listen, not follow directions, and generally misbehave, Ms Salisbury found their behavior to be odious.

Odious (adjective)

Deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable; highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting

Announcements/Reminders

ABC Poem due today.Lyrics due today.Wednesday…

Rhymes (Nursery Rhymes)

Types of poems which have the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words most often at the ends of lines.

Based on historical events, usually tell something about what has happened in the past, but in a way that makes it easy to remember.

Where Do Nursery Rhymes Come From?

Ring around the rosies,Pocket full of posies,

Ashes, ashes,We all fall down!

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,Couldn’t put Humpty together again.

Jack Be Nimble

Jack be nimble.Jack be quick.

Jack jump over the candlestick!

Limerick

Limericks are short sometimes rude, humorous poems of consisting of five lines. (They originated in taverns as drinking songs).

Lines 1, 2, and 5 of a Limerick have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another.

Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.

The rhyme scheme is described as: A A B B A

The Spongebob Limerick

“There was an old man from PeruWho dreamt he was eating his shoe.

He awoke in a frightIn the middle of the night

And found it was perfectly true.”

A Young Fellow of Wheeling

There was a young fellow of Wheeling,Endowed with such delicate feeling.

When he read on the door,"Don't spit on the floor."

He jumped up and spat on the ceiling!

Why Are Limericks Popular?

You can be rude and get a point across.They are quick way to write things.They are easy to write.They have a lilt to them that make them

popular.

Epitaph

A commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument written in praise, or reflecting the life, of a deceased person.

Often humorous.Frequently rhymes.

Epitaphs

"I told you I was sick!"In a Georgia cemetery 

The children of Israel wanted breadAnd the Lord sent them manna,Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,And the Devil sent him Anna.In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery 

Epitaphs

Here lies the bodyof Jonathan BlakeStepped on the gasInstead of the brake.Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery 

Here lies the body of our AnnaDone to death by a bananaIt wasn't the fruit that laid her lowBut the skin of the thing that made her go.Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont 

Epitaphs

Here liesEzekial AikleAge 102The GoodDie Young 

"Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I'm Free At Last."Martin Luther King, Jr. 

"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."Winston Churchill 

Epitaphs

On an Auctioneer’s TombJedediah GoodwinAuctioneerBorn 1828Going!Going!!Gone!!!1876

He got a fish-bone in his throatand then he sang an angel note.Schenectady, New York