3 Word Lists for March This month we looked at words ending in ‘or’, Key Stage 3 maths words for World Maths Day , and poetry words for World Poetry Day. Word for Wednesday: Poetry To celebrate Word Poetry Day, we also chose poetry as this month’s Word for Wednesday theme. Learn about the words sonnet, limerick, villanelle, haiku, and acrostic. 10 Ways to Monitor Your Class’s Activity and Results on Spellzone From the most popular activities to a list of every time a student has logged in, find out how your class has been using Spellzone. How Many Points Have Your Stud...
March 21 marked World Poetry Day and to celebrate we’ve chosen poetry for this month’s Word for Wednesday theme. The word poetry dates to the late-fourteenth century and comes from the Old French ‘poetrie’, from the Latin ‘poeta’. Over March, we’ve looked at the words sonnet, limerick, villanelle, and haiku. Our final word of the month is acrostic. An acrostic is a poem in which the first letters of each line form a word. The word acrostic dates to the 1580s and comes from the medieval Latin ‘acrostichis’, from the Greek ‘akrostikhis&rsq...
March 21 marked World Poetry Day and to celebrate we’ve chosen poetry for this month’s Word for Wednesday theme. The word poetry dates to the late-fourteenth century and comes from the Old French ‘poetrie’, from the Latin ‘poeta’. Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at the words sonnet, limerick, and villanelle. Today’s word is haiku. A haiku is a three-lined Japanese poem made up of seventeen syllables, with five syllables in the first and final lines and seven syllables in the middle line. Haiku often describe the natural world. The word haiku was first used...
March 21 marks World Poetry Day and to celebrate we’ve chosen poetry for this month’s Word for Wednesday theme. The word poetry dates to the late-fourteenth century and comes from the Old French ‘poetrie’, from the Latin ‘poeta’. So far we’ve looked at the words sonnet and limerick. This week’s word is villanelle. A villanelle is a nineteen-lined lyrical or pastoral poem made up of five three-lined stanzas (tercets) followed by one four-lined stanza (a quatrain). This type of poem uses a pattern of two repeated lines (refrains). The first line of a villanelle is ...
March 21 marks World Poetry Day and to celebrate we’ve chosen poetry for this month’s Word for Wednesday theme. The word poetry dates to the late-fourteenth century and comes from the Old French ‘poetrie’, from the Latin ‘poeta’. Our first poetry-themed word for March is sonnet. A sonnet is a poem made up of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyming structure. There are two popular types of sonnet: the Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet and the Shakespearean (or English) sonnet. The Petrarchan sonnet is made up of an eight-lined stanza (an octet) and a six-lined stanza (a sestet). The rhyme scheme is ABBAABBA CDECDE or ABBAABBA CDC...
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