{"id":2641,"date":"2021-05-14T19:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T19:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/high-school\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2021-05-14T19:49:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T19:49:47","slug":"finishing-up-the-year-with-poetry-in-language-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/2021\/05\/14\/finishing-up-the-year-with-poetry-in-language-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing up the year with Poetry in Language Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2640 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/high-school\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/sites\/44\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/sites\/44\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/sites\/44\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/sites\/44\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/sites\/44\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/sites\/44\/2021\/05\/w-h-auden-quote.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6th, 7th, and 8th grade has worked diligently over the past few weeks on poetry scansion.\u00a0 This is not an easy subject, and there were quite a few crossed eyes the first day, but they&#8217;ve really impressed me with their diligence in grasping this advanced concept.\u00a0 Poetry scansion is an important part of any literary curriculum and getting it introduced early can only benefit them as they engage with more difficult material, such as Shakespeare, in the future!\u00a0 The resistance was light and once they began to grasp the concepts, they&#8217;ve had a lot of fun with it! Plus I think they feel smart which is always a plus! It definitely won&#8217;t be the last time we cover this topic, but I feel that they are ending the year strong by mastering one of the more taxing concepts in poetry and literary expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6th, 7th, and 8th grade has worked diligently over the past few weeks on poetry scansion.\u00a0 This is not an easy subject, and there were quite a few crossed eyes the first day, but they&#8217;ve really impressed me with their diligence in grasping this advanced concept.\u00a0 Poetry scansion is an important part of any literary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-languagearts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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