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Friday, December 1

11/30/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Open Mic!
3) Finish activities from yesterday
4) Blackout poems and found poems

Your poetry portfolio is due on December 20th.

Thursday, November 30

11/30/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Introduce Poetry Portfolio Assignment
3) Automatic writing poetry--use the cards you created yesterday
4) Metaphors, similes, and extended metaphors
* Intro to Poetry (poem by Billy Collins)
* Easy metaphors
* Examine extended metaphor poems
* Try to write some of your own!
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poetry_porfolio_honors_assignment.docx
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Wednesday, November 29

11/29/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Riff poems--watch a clip of the "riff off" from pitch perfect.
3) Create group riff poems
4) Create your own riff poems

Tuesday, November 28

11/29/2017

 
Today's agenda
1) SSR and turn in your projects
2) Introduce poetry
3) Rhyming game
4) Picture poems--group poem. Everyone writes 2 lines based off of a picture. Popcorn style, each student reads off one line of poetry to build a poem.
5) Group reorganize the poem. As a group, reorganize the lines of the poem; you may omit up to five lines. Share out
6) Found first line poems. In your independent reading book, choose a random sentence. Then, use that as the first line of a new poem.

Monday, November 27

11/29/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Pick your Poison game and writing
3) Work time--finish your Unit 4 assignment that is due tomorrow

Coming up:
Your unit 4 assignment is due tomorrow
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Tuesday, November 21

11/21/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Thankfulness poems
3) Games or worktime

Coming up:
1) Your Unit 4 assignment is due when on Tuesday, November 28th

Monday, November 20

11/20/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Literature Circle Groups--discuss your books! Fill out the reflection sheet
3) Work time--I will finish writing conferences today.

Your Unit 4 Assignment is due on Tuesday when we come back from break

Friday, November 17

11/17/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Open Mic
3) Scategories Tie Breaker
4) Work on your assignments while I finish writing conferences

Thursday, November 16

11/17/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) World building assignment
3) Work Time
*While the students complete this assignment in class, I will be having writing conferences with students about the plot line they turned in yesterday.

Coming up:
1) Prepare something for Open Mic tomorrow if you want to
2) Complete your literature circle questions for Monday
3) Work on your Unit 4 assignment that is due the Tuesday after break
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Wednesday, November 15

11/15/2017

 
Today's agenda:
1) SSR
2) Wednesday Fun Day--Scategories
3) World building exercise 1 and 2
4) Work time--writing conferences

Coming up:
1) Prepare something for Open Mic on Friday
2) Your literature circle questions are due on Monday
3)  Your unit 4 assignment is due on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
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