Agenda, April 28

If you were absent yesterday:

• Finish reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

Late:

• Your Poetry Anthology

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can work with a group to gather knowledge about World War I.
• I can use technology to collect facts.
• I can write a variety of sentence types.

Agenda:

1. Group research assignment
2. Sentence Prescriptions

Agenda, April 27

If you missed the poetry test ...

• Come during lunch or after school TODAY to make up the poetry test.

Late:

• Your Poetry Anthology

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can think critically about a story.
• I can analyze a story's structure.
• I can take useful notes.
• I can write a variety of sentences.

Agenda:

1. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
2. Sentence Prescriptions

Agenda, April 26

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Come during lunch or after to school to make up the poetry test.

Late:

• Your Poetry Anthology

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can think critically about a story.
• I can analyze a story's structure.
• I can take useful notes.

Agenda:

1. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Agenda, April 25

Late:

• Your Poetry Anthology

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can show what I know on a test.

Agenda:

1. Up to 10 minutes of study time
2. Testing? Testing?

Agenda, April 24

Due at the end of class today:

• Your Poetry Anthology

Coming Tomorrow:

• Poetry test. Be prepared to do everything we've practiced, including writing a theme paragraph.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can identify fancy literary terms. 
• I can help my classmates make good writing even better.
• I can revise my own work.

Agenda:

1. Poetry peer review and typing time
2. Study time

Agenda, April 21

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Find five friends to complete a peer review for you.

Due at the end of class today:

• Your Poetry Anthology

Coming Monday:

• Poetry test. Be prepared to do everything we've practiced, including writing a theme paragraph.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can identify fancy literary terms. 
• I can help my classmates make good writing even better.
• I can revise my own work.

Agenda:

1. Titles Exercise
2. Two bonus steps
3. Poetry peer review and typing time

Agenda, April 20

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Write a theme paragraph about "Invictus."
• Come in at lunch to play Kahoot.

Due at the end of class today:

• Any late or missing work from the poetry unit.

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can identify fancy literary terms.
• I can help my classmates make good writing even better.
• I can revise my own work.

Agenda:

1. The sense of sound
2. Word choice revision exercise: warm, amazed, beautiful
3. Poetry peer review and typing time

Agenda, April 19

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Come during lunch to see a quick slide show.
• Turn in your Epistolary poem (Two stanzas, eight lines in the first, six lines in the second)

Due at the end of class today:

• Theme Paragraph

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can identify fancy literary terms.
• I can write a paragraph about theme.

Agenda:

1. A classroom visit from Morgan Freeman
2. Thinking through words
3. Theme Paragraph, Take 2
4. Elements of Poetry Pop Quiz

Agenda, April 18

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Grab an Elements of Poetry Practice Handout
• Write an Epistolary poem (Two stanzas, eight lines in the first, six lines in the second)

Due at the end of class today:

• Ekphrastic Poem

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can write a poem based on art.

Agenda:

1. A Painting by Bruegel
2. Ekphrastic Poem Brainstorm and Writing time
3. Pop Quiz Study Time
4. Elements of Poetry Pop Quiz

Agenda, April 17

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Copy the directions for the Poetry Term Posters

Due at the end of class today:

• Epistolary (Letter) Poem

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can create examples of fancy literary terms. 
• I can identify examples of fancy literary terms.
• I can explain the purpose and effect of fancy literary terms.
• I can write a letter than looks like a poem.

Agenda:

1. Pop Quiz Study Time
2. Elements of Poetry Practice
3. Epistolary Brainstorm and Writing time

Agenda, April 14

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Ask me how to write a thematic paragraph.
• Brainstorm people (your boss) and things (your car) that you could write a letter to.

Due at the end of class today:

Two Poetry Term Posters:

Create a poster for one basic term

and one advanced

Each poster must include:

your term in large, easy to read letters

the definition

three original examples

a color illustration that is appropriate for your example

Spelling counts! Originality counts!

The best poster for each term

earns extra credit!

fame and fortune and eternal admiration

Agenda, April 13

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Grab a copy of "Dear Friends"
• Turn in your Place Poem: 5 stanzas, two or three lines in each stanza

Due at the end of class today:

• Thematic Paragraph
• Epistolary (Letter) Poem

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can create examples of fancy literary terms. 
• I can identify examples of fancy literary terms.
• I can explain the purpose and effect of fancy literary terms.
• I can write a paragraph that explores a theme.
• I can write a letter than looks like a poem.

Agenda:

1. Theme in "Dear Friends," by E.A. Robinson
2. Epistolary Brainstorm and Writing time

Agenda, April 12

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Grab a Paragraph Revision Handout
• Turn in your Place Poem: 5 stanzas, two or three lines in each stanza

Due at the end of class today:

• Epistolary (Letter) Poem

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can create examples of fancy literary terms. 
• I can identify examples of fancy literary terms.
• I can explain the purpose and effect of fancy literary terms.
• I can translate inverted text.
• I can write a letter than looks like a poem.

Agenda:

1. Paragraph closing lines
2. Inverted text
3. "Dear Friends," by E.A. Robinson
4. Epistolary Brainstorm and Writing time

Agenda, April 11

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Grab an Elements of Poetry Handout
• Finish your Place Poem: 5 stanzas, two or three lines in each stanza

Due at the end of class today:

• Paragraph revision

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can create examples of fancy literary terms. 
• I can identify examples of fancy literary terms.
• I can explain the purpose and effect of fancy literary terms.
• I can support an opinion with textual evidence.

Agenda:

1. Place Poem: Your favorite lines
2. Literary Devices: Purpose and Effect
3. Paragraph Revision Ex. #1
4. Good closing lines
5. Paragraph Revision Ex. #2

Agenda, April 10

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Come during lunch to watch "The Everglades" video.

Due at the end of class today:

• Place Poem

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can define fancy literary terms.
• I can create examples of fancy literary terms.
• I can identify examples of fancy literary terms.
• I can explain the purpose and effect of fancy literary terms.

Agenda:

1. Elements of Poetry, Definitions and Examples
2. Elements of Poetry Matching Exercise
3. Place Poem: 5 stanzas, two or three lines in each stanza

Agenda, April 7

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Take notes on "The History of Old South Meeting House" poem

Due at the end of class today:

• Place Poem

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can collect facts.
• I can compare information presented in different forms.
• I can capture a place using sensory details.

Agenda:

1. Similarities and differences
2. "The Everglades" video
3. "The Everglades"

Agenda, April 6

If you were absent yesterday ...

• Finish Frigate Poem
• Take notes on "The History of Old South Meeting House" 

Due at the end of class today:

• "The History of Old South Meeting House"

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can collect facts.
• I can develop an interpretation based on facts.
• I can read closely and take useful notes.

Agenda:

1. Alphabet warm-up
2. "Old South": Because of ___, ____, and ____, I think ...
3. Close reading practice: "The History of Old South Meeting House"
4. "The Everglades" video