May 21st, 22nd, and 23rd

4B (Share object pieces)
2G Alex and Sierra

Due Wednesday and Thursday: Constructed Responses (Lamb to the Slaughter--internal and external conflict

Due Thursday and Friday: Quack 10 Assessment

May 19th and 20th

Collect annotations
Share Pieces

Shamira
Jordan
Kaleb

May 15th and 16th

1. Vocabulary 9
2. Share pieces from last class (gold day).
3. Respond to the prompt presented in class.
Blue: Autumn
Gold: Alex, Alex, and Justin

4. Read and annotate Lamb to the Slaughter

May 12th and 13th

Create your own prompt.
Example(s): Find pieces that answer your prompt.
Model: Write your own examples/models for others to view.
Inspiration: Find music videos, clips from shows, or images to share that go with your prompt.
Playlist: Create a playlist on grooveshark and embed it on your blog.

May 5, 2014

We workshopped pieces last week and are going to work a bit more on that this week (if you're in period 4 Blue).
Due Tuesday (or Wednesday)

A cover for your vignettes is due.  Make sure it has a title.
Four revised vignettes are due.
A reflection of the book, writing, revising, and workshopping is due.

You'll be getting new vocabulary words this week (Quack 9).

April 17th and 18th

1. Take Vocab Assessment #8
2. Share/Discuss Vignettes
3. Finish book
4. Have a total of 8 first drafts of vignettes by the end of break.
5. 30 days of poetry (don't forget it)
6. Have a fantastic break!

April 15th and 16th

Remember to study for your vocabulary assessment (#8).
Read to page 81 in Mango Street.
Write another vignette.
Edit the vignettes your group didn't finish in class. Return those vignettes to classmates in class on Friday.

April 11 and 14

Homework:
Write two more vignettes and read to page 61.
Quack 8A
Quack 8B

April 9th and 10th

Read 14-30 and write another vignette.
Use sensory details and unique and universal images.

April 7th and 8th

We're finished with Words, Words, Words!
Today we're starting The House on Mango Street.
Homework:

• Finish the introduction
• Write a found poem
• Write your own vignette based on a chapter from Mango Street

Remember our 30 Days of Poetry!

30 Days of Poetry

http://30daysofpoetry.weebly.com/

Exceed=25 or more days completed
Meets=19-24 days completed
Partially meets=11-18 days completed
Does not meet= 1-10 days completed

February 26th and 27th

Today we did another chalk talk.

1. Freak
2. Sonnet LXVI
3. Bike Ride With Older Boys
4. Fast Break

Blue day homework: study for your vocabulary assessment (if you have class on Friday).

Gold Day homework:

1. revise your constructed responses (for homework)
2. annotate the above poems (on your own). We'll work with them on Monday

February 24th

Today we annotated poems together using a "chalk talk" strategy. I'll post the images below.
Your homework is to select a poem to annotate (any poem/song that you enjoy) and annotate it.

January 3rd and 4th

Today you handed in a constructed response, and we read On the Amtrack from Boston to New York City.
Your homework is to write a piece using sensory detail. We'll be turning them into poems. It needs to have some emotional connection to you.

January 30

So we're done with the quarter AND our projects. I'd like you to revisit your old blog posts concerning poetry today. You need to read and comment on the posts of two of your classmates. Revise over the weekend please.

We read A Litany by Gregory Orr in class today.
You need to write a constructed response that focuses on Orr's use of a poetic device. You can select which device you deem most utilized in the poem. How does Orr use the device to relay the theme of the piece?

Remember that a constructed response includes the following:

• a topic sentence (This will include the italicized title of the piece, the author's name, and the idea(s) being presented.)
• an embedded quotation
• an explanation of the quotation
• another embedded quotation
• an explanation of this quotation
• a concluding thought
• transition words/sentences where needed

How do I quote poetry?

• embed
• use a slash (/) to indicate a line break
• use line numbers in parenthesis at the end of the quotation
• use block quotations when you are quoting four or more lines of poetry (tab twice)

Orr uses words such as "vegetable" (15), and "chunks" (15) to...

Orr writes "I remember hiding in my room. / I remember that it was hard to breathe" as part of his litany (4-5).

The most effective part of Orr's litany is when he states "I remember hiding in my room. / I remember that it was hard to breathe" (4-5).

The litany begins at the beginning (as it should), with the lines

               I remember him falling beside me,

               the dark stain already seeping across his parka hood.

               I remember screaming and running the half mile to our house.

               I remember hiding in my room. (1-4)

January 7, 2014

Websites:

poets.org

poetryfoundation.org

This should take you the entire class period (or more).

1. Please find a poem that you like. Make sure you get it from one of the websites I’ve listed. Take your time and find something you really enjoy (not just something you kind of like). It might take you a long time. That’s fine. You have an 80 minute block of time. Post it to your blog.
2. Write about the reasons you like the piece. Post them to your blog
3. Please find a poem that you don’t like. Make sure you get it from one of the websites I’ve listed. Take your time and find something you really dislike (not just something you kind of dislike). It might take you a long time. That’s fine. You have an 80 minute block of time. Post it to your blog.
4. Write about the reasons you don’t like the piece. Post them to your blog.
5. Please find a song that you like that you feel is also poetry. Post it to your blog. Write about the reasons you feel it is a poem.
6. Please write about poetry and your experiences with it. I want to know how often you’ve worked with it and read it. I want to know what you enjoy about poetry and what you struggle with. If you don’t enjoy poetry (which is fine), then you need to be able to explain your reasons. Post this to your blog.