Monthly Archives: May 2022

Monday May 9th, 2022

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.

secondary-public-speaking

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

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Thursday May 5th, 2022

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.

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*Characterization Chart

*Tic Tac Toe Project

Wednesday May 4th, 2022

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.

Tuesday May 3rd, 2022

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….

Monday May 2nd, 2022

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