Remembrance Day
Spelling List
We will be honouring Remembrance Day this year through writing. Spelling words are possible vocabulary choices for essays and poems. After practicing essay writing in class, students will be writing an essay with a Remembrance Day theme, that will be submitted to the Legion's annual contest. Students may choose to write a poem to submit, but that is optional.
Please check out the following website for more information: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/youth-educators
Please check out the following website for more information: http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/youth-educators
Spelling List
Remembrance Day
Troop(noun)-military unit of soldiers
Infantry(noun)-foot soldiers who are trained to fight on foot
Valour (noun) - bravery
Homage(noun)- show of reverence or respect towards somebody
Tyranny(noun)- cruel use of power, oppressive government
Valiant(adjective)- courageous and brave
Allies- (noun)a person, group or state that is joined with others for a common purpose
Cenotaph(noun)- a war memorial to the dead
Remembrance Day Poem Building
WORD BANK
troops, poppies, infantry, honour, valour, cenotaph, valiant, homage, monument, bravery, war,
soldier, remember, protect, peace, flag, patriotic, dying, fighting, battle, country, thank you
Each line begins with ______is_____.
War is fighting in a cold wet field
Peace is lying in a cozy warm bed.
War is not knowing if you will live through the day.
5 W's Poem
Each line contains information about either who, what, when, where or why.
Canadian Soldier
Crouching in a tunnel
Waiting for a bomb to drop
In the dead of night
Protecting our country
ACROSTIC Poem
Each line begins with a specific letter so it vertically spells a word.
R emember those who went to war.
E very November we think of those
M any who died for us
E ternal sadness
M en at war
B attles and blood
E ver thinking of Peace
Remembrance Day.
Shape Poem
Poem takes the physical shape of the idea or theme of the poem.
Remembrance Day Essay Writing
Use the five paragraph essay model and the paragraphing skills we learned in class to write an essay for Remembrance Day. Some topic ideas are:
· Teen remembrance
· War veterans and Remembrance Day
· Interesting ideas that have to be remembered (like valor, events)
· The need for Remembrance Day
· Remembrance Day Assemblies
· Another topic of your choice
· Why is war necessary?
· Is war necessary?
