How to Write a Haiku

Assessment Study Guide

Click below to see the Assessment Study Guide, to help you prepare for next week’s in-class assessment. Good luck!

 

Assessment Study Guide

Bahçeköy Tutorial!

Dear Bahçeköy students,

If you would like some extra help studying for the final assessment, your teachers are going to have a last-minute study tutorial session from 1:00-1:50 on Wednesday, May 16th in the 8th grade English room downstairs.

All are welcome! 🙂

Sarıyer 7C Homework: Poetry

Your mid-week homework is to read the poem below, then leave a comment on this post that answers the questions that follow. Remember what we talked about in class about Robert Frost, and about themes in poetry. Good luck!

FIRE AND ICE

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Reading Questions

1. Write the theme of this poem in one sentence. Remember the formula for writing a theme statement: THEME = SUBJECT + OPINION. To help yourself, follow these steps:

• Brainstorm the subject of the poem. What is the topic? What is the poem about?
• Brainstorm what the author is saying about the subject or topic. What does Robert Frost think about the subject in this poem?

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) comparing and contrasting “Fire and Ice” with “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

• How are the poems similar? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some comparing words to help: similarly, likewise, also, as well, in the same way, in comparison.
• How are the poems different? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some contrasting words to help: on the other hand, however, conversely, instead, in contrast, on the contrary.

Leave your answers in a comment. Be sure to include your NAME and your CLASS.

Sarıyer 7B Homework: Poetry

Your mid-week homework is to read the poem below, then leave a comment on this post that answers the questions that follow. Remember what we talked about in class about Robert Frost, and about themes in poetry. Good luck!

FIRE AND ICE

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Reading Questions

1. Write the theme of this poem in one sentence. Remember the formula for writing a theme statement: THEME = SUBJECT + OPINION. To help yourself, follow these steps:

• Brainstorm the subject of the poem. What is the topic? What is the poem about?
• Brainstorm what the author is saying about the subject or topic. What does Robert Frost think about the subject in this poem?

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) comparing and contrasting “Fire and Ice” with “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

• How are the poems similar? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some comparing words to help: similarly, likewise, also, as well, in the same way, in comparison.
• How are the poems different? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some contrasting words to help: on the other hand, however, conversely, instead, in contrast, on the contrary.

Leave your answers in a comment. Be sure to include your NAME and your CLASS.

Sarıyer 7A Homework: Poetry

Your mid-week homework is to read the poem below, then leave a comment on this post that answers the questions that follow. Remember what we talked about in class about Robert Frost, and about themes in poetry. Good luck!

FIRE AND ICE

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Reading Questions

1. Write the theme of this poem in one sentence. Remember the formula for writing a theme statement: THEME = SUBJECT + OPINION. To help yourself, follow these steps:

• Brainstorm the subject of the poem. What is the topic? What is the poem about?
• Brainstorm what the author is saying about the subject or topic. What does Robert Frost think about the subject in this poem?

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) comparing and contrasting “Fire and Ice” with “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

• How are the poems similar? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some comparing words to help: similarly, likewise, also, as well, in the same way, in comparison.
• How are the poems different? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some contrasting words to help: on the other hand, however, conversely, instead, in contrast, on the contrary.

Leave your answers in a comment. Be sure to include your NAME and your CLASS.

Bahçeköy 7C Homework: Poetry

Your mid-week homework is to read the poem below, then leave a comment on this post that answers the questions that follow. Remember what we talked about in class about Robert Frost, and about themes in poetry. Good luck!

FIRE AND ICE

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Reading Questions

1. Write the theme of this poem in one sentence. Remember the formula for writing a theme statement: THEME = SUBJECT + OPINION. To help yourself, follow these steps:

• Brainstorm the subject of the poem. What is the topic? What is the poem about?
• Brainstorm what the author is saying about the subject or topic. What does Robert Frost think about the subject in this poem?

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) comparing and contrasting “Fire and Ice” with “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

• How are the poems similar? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some comparing words to help: similarly, likewise, also, as well, in the same way, in comparison.
• How are the poems different? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some contrasting words to help: on the other hand, however, conversely, instead, in contrast, on the contrary.

Leave your answers in a comment. Be sure to include your NAME and your CLASS.

Bahçeköy 7B Homework: Poetry

Your mid-week homework is to read the poem below, then leave a comment on this post that answers the questions that follow. Remember what we talked about in class about Robert Frost, and about themes in poetry. Good luck!

FIRE AND ICE

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Reading Questions

1. Write the theme of this poem in one sentence. Remember the formula for writing a theme statement: THEME = SUBJECT + OPINION. To help yourself, follow these steps:

• Brainstorm the subject of the poem. What is the topic? What is the poem about?
• Brainstorm what the author is saying about the subject or topic. What does Robert Frost think about the subject in this poem?

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) comparing and contrasting “Fire and Ice” with “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

• How are the poems similar? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some comparing words to help: similarly, likewise, also, as well, in the same way, in comparison.
• How are the poems different? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some contrasting words to help: on the other hand, however, conversely, instead, in contrast, on the contrary.

Leave your answers in a comment. Be sure to include your NAME and your CLASS.

Bahçeköy 7A Homework: Poetry

Your mid-week homework is to read the poem below, then leave a comment on this post that answers the questions that follow. Remember what we talked about in class about Robert Frost, and about themes in poetry. Good luck!

FIRE AND ICE

By Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Reading Questions

1. Write the theme of this poem in one sentence. Remember the formula for writing a theme statement: THEME = SUBJECT + OPINION. To help yourself, follow these steps:

• Brainstorm the subject of the poem. What is the topic? What is the poem about?
• Brainstorm what the author is saying about the subject or topic. What does Robert Frost think about the subject in this poem?

2. Write a paragraph (3-5 sentences) comparing and contrasting “Fire and Ice” with “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”

• How are the poems similar? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some comparing words to help: similarly, likewise, also, as well, in the same way, in comparison.
• How are the poems different? Look at the language, mood, tone and theme of each poem. Here are some contrasting words to help: on the other hand, however, conversely, instead, in contrast, on the contrary.

Leave your answers in a comment. Be sure to include your NAME and your CLASS.

Welcome to POETRY!

Now that we have finished reading The Outsiders, we are going to spend some time looking at poetry.