WEDNESDAY 11/30

Today we completed status of the class, I checked LW#4 for completion, assigned LW#5 for FRIDAY along with 40 more minutes by FRIDAY.

We then moved into poetry stations.  If you were out, here is the low down on the stations. We will get through 2 stations today and the other 2 on Friday.

PADLET FOR STATION #1.


HW: Read 40 more minutes by Friday and complete LW#5in your Reader's notebook.

Tuesday 11/29

I was in Albany at a conference all day today. I hope you enjoyed the double Social Studies session. I can't wait to tell you about the book recommendations I received today!

 Remember 40 minutes of reading is due tomorrow and LW#4.

Monday 11/28

Today we read for 10 minutes, reviewed the importance of choosing post its for longwrites and then began Longwrite #4 in the reflection section of reader's notebooks. We then looked back at the creative stories we wrote on Tuesday and discussed the decision-making process for telling the story--which character would have the best story? Should I have the character tell his own story or should I have a narrator from outside the story tell it like maybe a person watching the bus stop? We then discussed speaker of a poem and how speaker does not mean author.  We then looked at the poems from the other day and determined who the speaker of each poem was and why it mattered.


Afternoon: Sorry I had to be out this afternoon.  In class we read for 10 minutes, then read through this handout and applied it to one of the poems we analyzed last week.  Each group was to complete a character sketch of the speaker of his/her assigned poem (same one as last week). This was to be turned in (Maddie and Amelia and anyone else absent, complete the sketch on a google doc, name it speaker and share it with me :)--you two may choose to work together if it is allowed)

HW: Complete 40 minutes of reading and LW#4 by Wednesday (I am at a conference tomorrow).

Tuesday 11/22

Today you will write a bit of a creative story based on this picture.

 You are to choose one character and tell his/her story.  You are to include as many devices as you can while you tell the story. We will share these stories. If you are absent, please return with a story on Monday.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Monday 11/21

Happy Winter!

AM: We read. We then worked through a poem together identifying poetic devices then as partners we looked at another poem and found more examples.

PM; We continued our discussion of the poetic devices present in the 3 poems and made sure to tell why these made a difference.
HW: read 20 minutes and keep post its

Friday 11/18

AM: I collected LW # 3, we read then spent time teaching each other the poetic terms we were introduced to Wednesday.

HW: Read 20 minutes and keep post its

PM: We looked at three poems and found examples of poetic devices.
HW: Read 20 minutes and keep post its

Thursday 11/17

I only met with period 3 today and we read and wrote LW#3
LW#3 is due Friday