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Forbidden Basement

1/19/2016

 
You are renting a room in someone’s house as you transition to living in a new city. The owner tells you that basement is absolutely, 100% off limits. You don’t bat an eye at this request, until you start hearing noises from the basement at night. After several week of this, you sneak downstairs...
Instructions: In a haiku poem, describe what you found in the basement. **Remember, a haiku poem has 3 lines with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 syllables in the middle line.**

INCLUDE: First initial AND last name AND class period.

Respond in no more than three lines and no less than three. You must also reply to a classmate's post. You cannot post identical comments on different classmates' posts. Posting shallow comments such as "I agree" or "I disagree" will not earn you a passing grade. Make sure your posts address the reply that you are responding to.

Be sure to--
  • Be clear about your position
  • Provide specific support for your argument
  • Use rhetorical devices and other grammar elements
  • Write EPIC Content-Engaging, Powerful, Informative, Creative

CAUTION!! Do NOT embarrass me, yourself, your class, the English department, the school or your parents with tasteless, meaningless comments. This is for a grade.

Due: Fri., Jan 22, 2016 11:59 p.m. CST
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Anthony Cain 2nd
1/19/2016 07:17:48 pm

What I saw downstairs,
Was something you see in movies.
And I intend to keep it that way.

jalen baker
1/21/2016 05:47:05 pm

What I witnessed downstairs
Was something you don't see everyday
I will try to keep it that way

Y'ana keysha Oatman
1/20/2016 01:57:25 pm

The things I saw in the basement
Is something that you can predicte.
That you can experience in the movies

Z. James 1st
1/20/2016 03:20:35 pm

To see a brown door
Suddenly it shook with force
Then I flew upstairs

J. Walls 1st
1/20/2016 04:15:02 pm

What I saw down there
Is something that gave me scare
I will never go back

Emanuel Sandoval 2nd
1/20/2016 07:53:44 pm

I glanced downward, into the abyss
Slowly lingered down the staircase like a scarycat
I flicked on the light, imagination kills.

Kimberly Covarrubias 2nd period
1/21/2016 10:59:44 am

When walking downstairs
i found what was the loud sound
it was a lost cat

J. Maple pd. 2
1/21/2016 11:09:38 am

Forbidden basement
Dark, dank, and smelling of mold
Reflective eyes stare

R. Smith 1st period
1/21/2016 06:43:41 pm

Slowly down the steps
Black, furry, dirty, and small
A dog all along

J.James 1st period
1/22/2016 07:03:13 am

I agree because the owners probably didn't know if you were allergic to dogs so they put their dog in the basement.

Karyna Garcia 1st period
1/21/2016 06:56:16 pm

Down the steps I went
A creepy man I noticed
Staring at my face

L.Allen 2nd
1/21/2016 07:03:01 pm

Fifty Shades Of Black
As I Sneak Downstairs To See
Who Knows What Is There

K. Swanson 2nd Period
1/21/2016 08:59:51 pm

Body, no heartbeat
A sight never to be seen
A pile of corpses

I. Chancellor 2nd period
1/22/2016 09:55:48 pm

Seems you were shocked
Must have been the walking dead
Straight out of tv

C. Villanueva 2nd pd
1/22/2016 05:24:56 am

My heart dropped in fear
I Wouldn't be caught dead up here
I ran back up stairs

J.James 1st
1/22/2016 06:59:46 am

As I looked around
Noises start to call my name
And I flew upstairs

J Wolfe 1st Period
1/22/2016 08:22:55 am

As I went downstairs
A force began pulling me
I'm moving out soon

Gabrielle Sharp 2nd period
1/22/2016 02:28:18 pm

Pictures all around
The root of his obsession
My entire life

C Malone 2nd
1/22/2016 07:18:06 pm

I like this haiku, it tells so much with so little words.

N Caldwell 2nd
1/22/2016 02:59:14 pm

Slowly lurching down
Noticing a collection
Comics and toys

Maya Kelly 2nd period
1/22/2016 05:18:28 pm

As I look around
The whispering in the dark
I see a toy doll.

Diana Tonche 2nd pd
1/22/2016 05:57:35 pm

The smell of decay
Her dead eyes staring at me
Underneath the staircase

WCrawford 2nd
1/22/2016 07:02:29 pm

As I creep down stairs
Boom! Boom! Boom! Wack! Smack! Pow! Boom!
Punching Bags and gloves

C Malone 2nd
1/22/2016 07:16:01 pm

Basement was empty
But the basement was alive
Something grabbed my neck.

K.Brown 1st period
1/26/2016 07:40:46 pm

This haiku keeps me on edge, wanting to know what grabbed your neck.

Christian Cordero 2nd
1/22/2016 08:20:26 pm

Creeping down the stairs
Anxious to see whats down there
Bodies everywhere

J. Perez 1st period
1/22/2016 08:30:40 pm

Wow its really dark
I can't see a single thing
Uh-oh what's that sound

N. Watkins 1st period
1/22/2016 09:07:00 pm

Insanely dark stairs
I glance to the left
box of CDs on the shelf.

I. Chancellor 2nd period
1/22/2016 09:42:24 pm

A ghost appeared
Knocking down all the boxes
Saying help me please

Wisdom Sapari 2nd
1/22/2016 11:08:07 pm

A monkey jumps out
Eating a pound of banannas
Screaming get out of here

K. Brown 1st period
1/26/2016 07:39:41 pm

Dark black hair, pale skin
Eyes hidden, dead uncut hair
"Let me go", she says


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