Good Afternoon!
*Silent Reading
*Col/Novel Project: You have time to work on this during class.
Good Afternoon!
*Silent Reading
*Col/Novel Project: You have time to work on this during class.
Good Morning!
*Silent Reading
*Head’s Up: Reminder that you will have a Literature Circle Discussion Tomorrow
-Spoken word criteria: We will have some overlap in our units due to timing –but I wanted you to have enough time to work on this.
The first document below is an old document but there are a few things I would like to talk to you about regarding spoken word.
poetry-slam-and-performing-poetry
spoken-word-rant-or-this-i-believe-worksheet
Sarah Key
“Jellyfish”
“Hands”
“When Love Arrives”
“Somewhere in America”
Taylor Mali “What do teachers make?”
Martin Luther King
-We will be working on Spoken word: we will look at a few samples of Rants…
*Spoken Word: Brainstorming activitiy
Warm up spoken word free write activity: Practice writing with imagery that includes all five senses. Students describe an abstract or intangible entity using all senses: what do they look, sound, smell, taste and feel like?
Examples: Choose 2 of the following examples and write for five minutes each using imagery/sensory language.
a. homesickness
b. grief
c. love
d. joy
e. emptiness
f. time
g. envy
Spoken Word Activities:
*Techniques for Creating Word Play
*Word Play Activity
Good Afternoon!
*Silent Reading
*Col/Novel Project: You have time to work on this during class.
Good Morning!
*Reminder: Pro-D Day on Friday!
*Silent Reading
*Literature Circle Discussion: hopefully your role sheet is complete and ready to go! When you are done your discussion, make sure you know the following:
a) Reading section for our next discussion on Tuesday.
b) Role for next Tuesday
c) Peer Review: document below.
*Characterization Chart
*Tic Tac Toe Project
Good Afternoon!
*Silent Reading
*No Red Ink: Conclusion Paragraphs and Counterargument Paragraphs.
*Literature Circle Discussion: We did not do this yesterday so we will complete this today. For some of your groups it may be the last discussion.
*COL/Novel Flipbook: You will have time to work on this assignment.
Good Morning!
*Head’s Up: We have Stream today
Head’s Up: Reminder that Friday is a Pro-D Day
*Silent Reading
*No Red Ink: Topic Sentences and Thesis Statements.
*Novel Project: this is the end of novel project…I am giving it to you in advance…
*Characterization Charts
Good Morning!
*Silent Reading
*Literature Circle Discussions: Please make sure your role sheets are complete and ready to go. After your discussion you need to coordinate with your group:
a) The reading section you will complete for Thursday’s discussion
b) Your role that you will complete for Thursday’s discussion
c) A Self-Assessment of your participation in the discussion. You will be uploading this assessment to TEAMS today.
*Characterization Charts: you have time to work on this chart and add more characters….
Good Afternoon!
*Silent Reading
*Conflict Charts: fill in the following chart on the paper provided
Example of Conflict in Novel | Connection: Novel example of Conflict to my own life. |
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*Role Sheets for Literature Circle Discussions
Good Morning!
*Silent Reading
*Role Sheets for Tuesday
*”I Connected” Statements
*Characterization