I have been looking forward to sharing poetry with this class for two reasons: first because I love it, and second because I believe we have some natural-born poets in this particular class!
To start out, we tried our hands at poetry in our Quick Write today. I asked students to think of three questions–(serious, funny, or mundane) and to write them in a list. We took a few minutes to arrange them into a poem while we listened to music. I am looking forward to reading them!
We had two Words of the Day today:
HONE: to make sharper or more effective
OPIATE: a narcotic drug that causes sleep and relieves pain
Their A.I. Prediction Rough Drafts are due today. Some students said it was challenging to find information on A.I. because it is very new. I reminded them they are to make “an educated guess” based on what they already know and whatever research they can find. Like a pundit, it’s OK if they are wrong–but communicate it confidently! They should tailor their predictions to what their target audience would want to know.
For the Grammar portion of the class, we had a special lesson on the semicolon. Most people (students and adults alike) are confused about the bit of punctuation; they use it as a comma or as a colon. I use the Reese's peanut butter cups as an object lesson. Ask your students about how the semicolon is like this candy. They also have 2 worksheets to practice putting semicolons and colons in the right place. Most of the students finished these worksheets in class.
The Literature portion of class was dedicated to poetry. Some students enjoy poetry and some are not crazy about it. We talked about how poetry is art made with words. I told them that it is said that poets are born–but the rest of us can learn how to write verse and enjoy it. :)
After refreshing ourselves on last week’s poetry selections, we had a short discussion on themes and what stuck out to us. It was interesting to hear their insights. After that, we watched three poets perform their poetry and evaluated their style of delivery and whether or not we liked the poem itself. My hope is that observing other poets will serve as inspiration for our own Class Poetry Slam at the end of the semester. Their homework is to read the poems for next week and respond to two.
Have a Wonderful Spring Break!
He is risen!
Blessings,
Mrs. G
Assignments for Next Week:
Poetry: Read Wilcox (33), Thayer (34-35), Sandburg (p. 53-54), Williams (p 60-61), Johnson (41), Dunbar (p. 41 – 43)
Links for this Week:
No comments:
Post a Comment