The document contains several short poems about childhood experiences. These include a student who feels embarrassed by their overly affectionate teacher, a baby who used to burp loudly after eating different foods, a child looking forward to a magic show and hoping to see their sister disappear, and a noisy brother who makes loud sounds during various activities like eating and sleeping.
"My Little Portuguese”! Robert Browning used to address her in this pet name and Elizabeth wrote in Sonnet-33 “Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear”.Elizabeth Barrette Browning was one of the most prominent Victorian rational feminist poetesses.
A rational-humane point of view manifests itself in her poems.She developed this quality because she was "self-taught in almost every respect."
Edgar Allen Poe called her "the noblest of her sex” and borrowed the themetic elements of his famous poem 'Raven' from her poem.
"My Little Portuguese”! Robert Browning used to address her in this pet name and Elizabeth wrote in Sonnet-33 “Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear”.Elizabeth Barrette Browning was one of the most prominent Victorian rational feminist poetesses.
A rational-humane point of view manifests itself in her poems.She developed this quality because she was "self-taught in almost every respect."
Edgar Allen Poe called her "the noblest of her sex” and borrowed the themetic elements of his famous poem 'Raven' from her poem.
Form and structure - edexcel literature certificate poemsShottonEnglish
A great powerpoint that highlights some interesting points relating to the form and structure of the poems in the Edexcel Literature Certificate anothology.
Created by Mrs Aspinall, KS3 Curriculum Co-ordinator, The Academy at Shotton Hall
Form and structure - edexcel literature certificate poemsShottonEnglish
A great powerpoint that highlights some interesting points relating to the form and structure of the poems in the Edexcel Literature Certificate anothology.
Created by Mrs Aspinall, KS3 Curriculum Co-ordinator, The Academy at Shotton Hall
Questions for Responding to Fiction in English 2328Use these q.docxcatheryncouper
Questions for Responding to Fiction in English 2328
Use these questions below to guide you as you complete your reading responses for short stories (fiction). I suggest that you choose only a few questions to answer in your response--but make the response a paragraph--don't number your responses. You will probably notice that some of the questions are similar and that some of the responses may overlap--that's fine. Your response should reflect your own thoughts and analysis of the story. Your response to each story should be at least 200 words (but will probably be longer) and should show that you have read the story carefully. You should mention the names of characters, details from the story that support your response, incidents in the story that affect your reading of it, etc. You must use quotations from the stories in your responses.
1. What did you like about the story? What did you dislike? Why?
2. Who is your favorite character? Is he or she like you in any way? Would you make the same decisions (or react in the same ways) in the same situations as this character? Why or why not? Which characters remind you of people you know?
3. What did you learn about American history, society, art, literature, philosophy, science (etc.) from this story? What research might you do to help you understand the story better?
4. What did you learn about life from the story?
5. In what ways do you identify with the story?
6. How would you describe the writer's style or voice? Style includes use of irony, symbolism, figurative language, point of view, etc.
Here's an interesting checklist of literary style that you might find helpful: Checklist: Elements of Literary Style
7. What are your favorite sentences, passages, words, etc. from the story? Explain your choice.
8. What would you tell a friend about this story?
9. Who would you recommend this story to and why?
10. What value does this story have for you?
11. What connections do you find between the life of the author and his or her work?
12. What questions did you have after you finished the story?
13. What words did you look up?
1st story: Two Kinds by Amy Tan
My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down. You could become rich. You could become instantly famous. "Of course, you can be a prodigy, too," my mother told me when I was nine. "You can be best anything. What does Auntie Lindo know? Her daughter, she is only best tricky." America was where all my mother's hopes lay. She had come to San Francisco in 1949 after losing everything in China: her mother and father, her home, her first husband, and two daughters, twin baby girls.
But she never looked back with regret. Things could get better in so many ways.
We didn't immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. At first my mother thought I could be a Chinese
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1. My Teacher calls me Sweetie Cakes -- by Kenn Nesbitt
My teacher calls me sweetie cakes.
My classmates think it's funny
to hear her call me angel face
or pookie bear or honey.
She calls me precious baby doll.
She calls me pumpkin pie
or doodle bug or honey bunch
or darling butterfly.
My class is so embarassing
I need to find another;
just any class at all
in which the teacher's not my mother.
When I was a baby by Bruce Lansky
When I was a baby, I burped a good deal,
most often just after a rather good meal.
I burped after carrots. I burped after peas.
I burped after crackers. I burped after cheese.
Whenever I burped, it was quite a sensation.
My mother applauded my brilliant creation.
She oohed and she aahed. She clucked and she cooed.
But now when I burp mother shouts, “YOU’RE SO RUDE!!!”
Magic show by Robert Pottle
I’m going to a magic show.
There is a trick I hope they know.
So I’ll go with my sister dear
and hope they make her disappear.
2. Class Pest by Kathy Kenny Marshall
The boy who sits behind me
Is really, really mean.
He tells me I have cooties and
I smell like a sardine.
He tries to steal my pencils
And my favorite crayons, too.
I wish his folks would move away
And lock him in the zoo.
He cheats on every spelling test
And blames it all on me.
He always pulls my ponytail.
I wish he’d let me be.
He talks too loud, his laugh is weird.
I wish that he were mute.
But the worstest thing about him is…
I think he’s kinda cute.
My Brothe r’s Bear - by Bruce Lansky
My baby brother has a bear
that travels with him everywhere.
He never lets the bear from sight.
He hugs it in his crib at night.
And when my brother’s diaper smells,
the name of the bear is what he yells—
which is a clever thing to do
because my brother named it Pooh.
My Snowman by Neal Levin
My snowman had a lemon nose
And lemons for his ears.
His eyes were made of lemon slices,
Hair of lemon spears.
His teeth were candy lemon drops
That smiled in the shade,
But then the sun came out and turned him
Into lemonade!
3. My Noisy Brother by Bruce Lansky
My brother’s such a noisy kid,
when he eats soup he slurps.
When he drinks milk he gargles.
And after meals he burps.
He cracks his knuckles when he’s bored.
He whistles when he walks.
He snaps his fingers when he sings,
and when he’s mad he squawks.
At night my brother snores so loud
it sounds just like a riot.
Even when he sleeps
my noisy brother isn’t quiet
Still Growing by Bruce Lansky
“My how you’ve grown,”
said my Auntie Sue.
I looked at her waist and said,
“So have you.”
Under the bed by Penny Trzynka
There’s a terrible green monster
who lives beneath my bed.
I hear his long white teeth click.
He’s waiting to be fed.
I shiver underneath my sheets
and squeeze my eyes up tight.
Maybe if I lie real still
he won’t eat me tonight…
He taps me on the shoulder.
I don’t know what to do.
He looks at me and says, “I’m scared!
Can I get in with you?”
4. Turn Off the TV! - by Bruce Lansky
My father gets quite mad at me;
my mother gets upset—
when they catch me watching
our new television set.
My father yells, “Turn that thing off!”
Mom says, “It’s time to study.”
I’d rather watch my favorite TV show
with my best buddy.
I sneak down after homework
and turn the set on low.
But when she sees me watching it,
my mother yells out, “No!”
Dad says, “If you don’t turn it off,
I’ll hang it from a tree!”
I rather doubt he’ll do it,
’cause he watches more than me.
He watches sports all weekend,
and weekday evenings too,
while munching chips and pretzels—
the room looks like a zoo.
So if he ever got the nerve
to hang it from a tree,
he’d spend a lot of time up there—watching it with me.