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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Visualizing: Using Poet's Eyes

Lesson Recap: Bite into your poems. Devour the ideas

When you visualize, you can go from use the literal images to reach a more abstract interpretation of the poems you read.

H/W
  • Keep up to date with your reading
  • Your book club presentations should be finished for Monday (You will have 30minutes in class tomorrow to work on them)
  • Membean


Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Compound Sentences

H/W - Work on your contribution to your book club presentation. You do NOT need to be finished for Thursday, but you should have done something so that you can finish by the end of Thursday's class. (You will have about 40mins to work on this on Thursday. Book clubs will present Monday)

TEAMWORK - is also being assessed through this activity - Hint Hint E/F class couch group!

ASK - Practice  (Do this for more practice on compound sentences)

Lesson Recap:




In class practice



Monday, February 9, 2015

What is Poetry?

Files for Today: Reading and Writing Poetry Unit

Make a copy of this link for our next unit: How to Eat a Poem

Root of the Week: Sens/Sent - FEEL


Lesson RECAP




BIG REMINDER - What are the four rules for compound sentences and can you give an example of each one? HINT HINT - Assessment coming!

H/W
50 minutes of Membean by FRI (55 mins is above expectations). Some students should look VERY carfefully at the Membean stats for January and strive to do much better in FEB!


Finish your first youtube video about your noticing in the poem from today's class: (DUE WED) - This is a change from the due date I said in class.

READ - You will have your final meeting for your second book club tomorrow - Make sure you hae FINISHED your second book club book

This is Random Acts of Kindness Week around the world?  (Will you participate?)
https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/ 


Sunday, February 8, 2015

Membean Stats.

Make a copy of this link for our next unit: How to Eat a Poem

Rent of the Week: Sens/Sent - FEEL



Class Statistics for the first 4 weeks of school!

What claims could be make using this data?



Friday, February 6, 2015

Responding with Music

Enjoy Ethan's response with music
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