Greetings!
The weather is turning for sure now. No Spring for us Minnesotans–just straight to Summer. I saw many more wearing lighter clothes and not a Winter jacket to be found! (Now, as I prepare to send this out, it looks more like Winter, again!)
We delved more into our Poetry Unit by watching three poets perform their work for our QuickWrite. Students were to see if they could identify a theme as well as observing performance techniques and style. We are compiling ideas for their own Poetry Event to be held the last week of class. Below are the links to the poetry clips.
For the Literature part of the class, we did Jigsaw groups. The students were first in groups that discussed one of the assignment poems. Then I remixed the groups so that a group had a representative for each of the poems. From both groups I heard some thoughtful comments about both the surface and deeper meanings of the poetry. Well done, class! As homework, they are to read Week 13 poems and respond to two.
After that, we had a very brief Grammar teaching on Simple and Compound sentences and students had time to work on the two worksheets in class.
Lastly, we discussed the Poetry Event that will be held the last week of class. Not only will students be performing two pieces of poetry, but they will be organizing and running the event themselves. I find that when students are given ownership, there is more motivation to do their best. We talked about the three committees and the duties they will need to perform in order for the event to be successful. They are to think about which committee they would like to be a part of and be ready to report back next week.
As a reminder, the A.I. Prediction Final drafts are due next week. For those who got their rough drafts in late, I will go over them by this weekend and will let students know when they are ready to revise.
Blessings on your week!
Mrs. G
Homework
Week 12 Grammar
Links for This Week
Poetry Event Committees & Grades Information
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