I had to travel out of state for a family event over the weekend. So, I left the class in the capable hands of my sub, Mrs. Burns.
April is Poetry Month in Writing Class! As an English teacher, it’s probably not surprising that I enjoy poetry. But honestly, I haven’t really gotten into it until later in life. If they are not already enjoying it, my goal is to open a door of poetry enjoyment for my students through reading some great poetry and attempting to write some lines of our own.
Visual Vocabulary
Today, our words were: cogent and acumen. When you work on your writing skills, you gain acumen to make cogent arguments!
Writing
Today, the Formal Critique Essay was due. I will be working my way through grading and coding those this week. Once you receive those, the last batch of Final Edits will be due since this is our last “from scratch” essay!
Literature
Today, since we are rolling on poetry, students got to enjoy reading a famous American poet William Carlos Williams. Then, they all got out their phones and their earbuds (wow! Did I just say that? Usually phones are banned! When the cat’s away…) and they spent the next few minutes enjoying a podcast that had overlapping themes. Students analyzed these themes on a worksheet and then had some time to discuss as a class.
Their homework is to read the poems for next week and respond to two.
Grammar
After that, they had time to work on some worksheets about the finer pins of hyphens, dashes and parentheses. You may consult the handout if you have questions. Please finish and correct your work.
Blessings on your weekend!
Mrs. G
Homework for this week
Poetry: Read Wilcox (33), Thayer (34-35), Sandburg (p. 53-54), Williams (p 60-61), Johnson (41), Dunbar (p. 41 – 43)
Week 12 Poetry (pdfs on Google Classroom)
2 Poetry Responses
Grammar – Wk11: The Colon
Grammar – Wk11: Using the Semicolon and Colon
