Masterpiece Stanzas

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, Walt Whitman

• 1. Write the sentence at the top of your paper. Make sure it is large print.

2.Make a connection:Text to textText to selfText to worldWrite the connection, and explain why it is one of the three listed above. What do you think this text is about?

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

Walt Whitman

3. Grammar- is there anything you notice about :Punctuation, Capitalization, SpellingSentence Structure?

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,

Walt Whitman

4. Vocabulary-Are there any words you liked, didn’t know, figurative language etc.

O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, Walt Whitman

5.It is your turn to write your own version of this sentence. You will substitute words. This is to keep the same tone. We will be sharing these aloud. As I sort through, the best masterpiece sentence will be displayed in the classroom and a prize awarded for each class.Results tomorrow.