{"id":3387,"date":"2020-06-16T07:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2020-06-16T07:35:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:35:36","slug":"all-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2020\/06\/16\/all-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Today we are going to write some poetry.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Writing poetry<\/b>\u00a0is more than just\u00a0<b>writing<\/b>, it&#8217;s like painting, but with words.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mod\" data-md=\"61\">\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">Don&#8217;t just say how you feel, illustrate it.\u00a0 You need to make the reader &#8216;see&#8217; what you are saying.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/06\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3467 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/06\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">Can you write a poem about yourself?<\/span><\/h2>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">You might try to use a <strong>simile<\/strong> to describe yourself.\u00a0 The book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NYWcyRHGFPo\">Quick As A Cricket<\/a>&#8221; is a great example of using <strong>similes<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">A <strong>simile<\/strong> is<\/span><\/span><\/span>: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using <em>like<\/em> or <em>as<\/em>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\">\u201cTheir cheeks are <em>like<\/em> roses\u201d is a\u00a0<b>simile<\/b>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"g\">\n<div class=\"rc\" data-hveid=\"CA4QAg\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjTtbmSivXpAhVBqZ4KHQDGACIQFSgBMAF6BAgOEAI\">Here&#8217;s how to organize yourself to write your poem&#8230;<\/div>\n<div data-hveid=\"CA4QAg\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjTtbmSivXpAhVBqZ4KHQDGACIQFSgBMAF6BAgOEAI\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 1: make a <a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/06\/web.pdf\">web<\/a> of 4+ words to describe yourself&#8211;be creative!!<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 2: You can use the writing frame of: <em>&#8221; I am as_________ as a____________.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>or of course your own frame!!<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 3: If you are really stuck and find it hard to think of similes to describe yourself, you can use this poem <a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/files\/2020\/06\/All-About-Me-Poem.pdf\">All About Me Poem Frame<\/a> instead.<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 4: READ your poem to yourself.\u00a0 Is there anything you need to change to make it better?<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 5: Read it to a friend or family member.\u00a0 Do they have any ideas on how you can make it better?<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 6: Check your spelling. (you can ask a family member to help you find misspelled words)<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">Step 7: Illustrate your poem with a self portrait.<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" data-hveid=\"CA8QBQ\">There are lots of poetry books on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/app\/profile-select\">Epic<\/a>! you can check out.\u00a0 All you have to do is type &#8216;<strong>poetry<\/strong>&#8216; into the search bar.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are going to write some poetry. Writing poetry\u00a0is more than just\u00a0writing, it&#8217;s like painting, but with words. Don&#8217;t just say how you feel, illustrate it.\u00a0 You need to make the reader &#8216;see&#8217; what you are saying.\u00a0 Can you write a poem about yourself? You might try to use a simile to describe yourself.\u00a0 &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/2020\/06\/16\/all-about-me\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3048,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3048"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3387"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3471,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions\/3471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/fischerj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}