Friday, February 4th, 2011 (No school Wed/Thurs due to weather)

ACW


Annotations and Discussion

• We took about twenty minutes to annotate Alayna's and Ethan's and Kathleen's poems.
• We then read them all aloud, and discussed them thoroughly.

Poetry Element
Onomatopoeia

• I explained the homework assignment, going over all the information on the Form and Meaning assignment on page 3.
• I read the two poems on page 22, as further examples of how you can use sound in a poem.
• We read "The Bells" aloud, discussing at the end of each section. (p. 20)

Homework

• Type a ten-twenty line poem using the prompt from Form and Meaning on page 3

CREATIVE WRITING


Writing Lesson #1

• Beginning a New Paragraph--we read this aloud together as a class.  (p. 28)
• We practiced putting in paragraphs on page 29--an excerpt from author John Green.
• We compared our answers with a partner, making changes if needed.
• We looked at the author's version of paragraph breaks, and we talked about how ours were similar, and how ours were different.

Organization

• We did a paper pass-back and a folder log-in.
• We got the new unit today.

Writing Lesson #2

Making Line Breaks

• I read the directions, then modeled how to work with partners to complete the assignment on page 30.
• We took ten minutes with partners to break the poems into lines, then talk about how and why.
• We got back together as a class to chat about the hows and whys, after we looked at the authors' original breaks.

Homework

• Journal #2

MODERN PROSE

• We read!
• And I put in daily reading grade.

MODERN PROSE