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Letters: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500

Ed Kee 2320 South DuPont Highway Dover, Delaware 19901

Chris Coons 1105 N. Market St. Suite 2000 Wilmington, DE 19801-1233

Governor Markell 150 William Penn Street 2nd Floor Dover, DE 19901
 * Office of the Governor - Dover **

Ideas from Sadie's mom:

//Dear Governor Markell,//

//Please consider making the reinvigoration of Delaware's food system a priority of your second term as governor.//

Then they can take it in any direction that moves them:

//By investing in programs like farm-to-school//, or

//By investing in public-private partnerships like the one between the Department of Agriculture and the Delaware Farm to School Collaborative,//

//your administration can://

//promote the health of Delaware's schoolchildren,// //create a new market for regional farmers,// //grow jobs in packaging and transportation, and// //streamline distribution in a way that minimizes impact on our economy.//

They should be able to find solid support for each prong of their position in their class readings, newspaper articles, or webites. The national farm-to-school site is a little broad (here's us: http://www.farmtoschool.org/state-programs.php?action=detail&id=61&pid=576), but some of the states do a good job: @http://www.vtfeed.org/tools. The USDA resource is somewhat overwhelming but rich: @http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=KYF_COMPASS

I think they could also find plentiful coverage in the New York Times, the Grist, etc. Just in today's stream, there are a few interesting pieces:

@http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/05/06/goodbye-factory-farm-food-incs-chicken-farmer-Carole-Morison-goes-rogue @http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/05/chicago-cafeteria-workers-strike-heroic-blow-decent-school-lunch (caveat - I'd discourage them from quoting Mother Jones, but this article pieces together a good amount of mainstream coverage).

And here's the link to the Common Market video on local sourcing: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRzyIZK43tI = = = = = = = = =Poetry:=

=Poetry:= =Tuesday 12/13-- Use the digital sources (below) to explore different poems. Once you find a poem you like, post it on the "Poetry responses" page under your name.= = = =Digital sources=

__[|Favorite Poem Project] __

__[|Poetry Outloud] __

__[|Poetry Foundation] __

__[|Poetry 180] __

__Poetry Everywhere __

=DO NOW--answer in comp book in a paragraph.= = What is poetry? How would you define it or describe its qualities? =

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Billy Collins reading his poem "On Turning Ten" You can scroll to 3:15 in the audio.

Robert Frost reading his poem "Birches"

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=Poetry sites:= =Digital sources=

__[|Favorite Poem Project] __

__[|Poetry Outloud] __

__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Poetry Foundation] __

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=Terms:= Theme- The unifying message or idea. Ex: The pain of growing up.

Imagery- The representation through language of sensory experience. (Any of of the 5) Ex. Her eyes sparkled like stars in the sky

Simile- A comparison between two unlike things using like or as. Ex: She was as lovely as a sunset.

Metaphor- A comparison between two unlike things. Ex: She was a cat ready to strike.

Symbol- Something that stands for something else. Ex: A dove stands for peace

Alliteration- The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds that are close together. Ex: sneaky, slippery snake.

Hyperbole- A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration. Ex: I could eat a horse!

Personification- An object or animal is given human characteristics. Ex: My computer stared at me.

Onomatopoeia- The use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning. Ex: Bam! Woosh! Ugh!

Allusion- A reference to someone or something that is known from historical, political, or popular culture. Ex. "No cookie nibbled by a French novelist"--allusion to Marcel Proust

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=In your comp book:=

2. From yesterday: Refer back to your favorite sermon of Larry's. What is he arguing? Do you agree? What do you notice about his writing style? Would Larry be a good Quaker?
= = =If you feel rusty about parts of speech, please enjoy the Schoolhouse Rock videos.=

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