Poetry activities for Syntex
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Syntex sequencing activity - a as binds (difficulty rating 7) | ||
Explore the word order of this excerpt from Blake's poetry. (Clue- it's by William Blake) (Answer: He who binds to himself a joy does the winged life destroy: but he who kisses joy as it flies lives in eternity’s sunrise.) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - and and asked be (difficulty rating 8) | ||
Explore the word order - this is a tricky one, but try using the rhyme scheme to help you. (Clue - it's by Gerard Manley Hopkins) (Answer: And I have asked to be where no storms come, where the green swell is in the havens dumb, and out of the swing of the sea.) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - a and and blow (difficulty rating 8) | ||
Explore the word order of this excerpt - it's a challenging one, but look for some rhyme to help you! (Clue - it's by Gerard Manley Hopkins) (Answer: I have desired to go where springs not fail to field, where flies no sharp and sided hail and a few lilies blow.) | |||
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Syntex poetry activity - can't gleaming grapes (difficulty rating 5) | ||
Explore the word order of this excerpt from a haiku: where will you put the dash? (Answer: Moonlight gleaming on the grapes – the lovers can’t stop laughing) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - its lamplit room (difficulty rating 4) | ||
Explore the word order of this phrase from a haiku (Answer: Lamplit room the spider stretches its shadow) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - and at autumn (difficulty rating 5) | ||
Explore the word order of this poetic phrase (Answer: I waited and I yearned for you. My blind stirred at the touch of the autumn breeze.) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - autumn cutting dark (difficulty rating 4) | ||
Explore the word order of this poetic phrase (Answer: In the sound of cutting firewood the autumn heavens go dark) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - and child clothes (difficulty rating 5) | ||
Explore the word order of this haiku - it is in two distinct parts that don't exactly match, but link thematically (Answer: She has put the child to sleep, and now washes the clothes; the summer moon) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - blue box crayon (difficulty rating 4) | ||
Explore the word order of this phrase of poetry. Where will you put the dash? (Answer: Perfect summer sky – one blue crayon missing from the box) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - a a absorbed (difficulty rating 3) | ||
Explore the word order of this phrase of poetry. How are you going to use the dash? (Answer: Dragonfly on a rock – absorbed in a daydream) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - butterfly diary (difficulty rating: 3) | ||
Explore the word order of this line of verse (Answer: Butterfly hovers on my open diary) | |||
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Syntex sequencing activity - are blossoms cherry (difficulty rating: 4) | ||
Explore the word order of haiku (Answer: Cherry blossoms are quiet unlike frogs leaping to every raindrop) | |||
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