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Monthly Archives: March 2024
Friday March 15th, 2024
Good Afternoon!
*Friday Writes:
1) The pursuit of freedom involves change.
2) A good life does not have to be complex.
3) Create your own topic and surprise me!
*Lyric Poetry: We will go over this poem…
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*The Shakespearean Sonnet
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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing the two Shakespearean Sonnets
*Question: Why do you think I get you to do so many Venn Diagrams? 🙂
Thursday March 14th, 2024
Good Afternoon,
*Poetry Terms Quiz
*Lyric Poetry: We will go over this poem…
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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting the two poems: Caged Bird by Maya Angelou and Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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*The Shakespearean Sonnet
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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing the two Shakespearean Sonnets
*Question: Why do you think I get you to do so many Venn Diagrams? 🙂
Thursday March 14th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Promotion Videos: Have we completed these?! I would love to see any if they are ready!
*Spirit Assembly: Let’s start to brainstorm!
Looking Ahead: Stream April 24th!
*Themed Lunches: April –we need to get these organized
- Activity
- Venue
- Teachers/spaces involved….
Wednesday March 13th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Unified Basketball: Posters/signs –do we need to work on any? Can we all go after school for 15 minutes or so to cheer on our Buddies?!!
*Best Buddies: we will have Best Buddies on Friday: Ella and Jaila
*Themed Lunches: Are we ready to go?! Announcements/canva/posters etc.
*Promotion Videos: Do we need time? This is not time to wander –it is time to either record/edit videos….
Wednesday March 13th, 2024
Good Afternoon!
*Reminder: Poetry Terms Quiz Thursday March 14th.
*No Red Ink: Connecting clauses with semicolons and colons, commas for clarity and parallel structure
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On Monday and Tuesday, we looked at “What do I Remember of the Evacuation”, “Walking on Both Sides of an Invisible Border”, and “Caged Bird”. Yesterday, you should have finished the analysis as well as the three way venn diagram.
*Gallery Walk…take a look at other groups venn diagrams…
*Discussion: did other groups have the same things as you?
*Lyric Poetry: We will start this poem…
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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing/contrasting the two poems: Caged Bird by Maya Angelou and Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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*The Shakespearean Sonnet
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*Create a Venn Diagram comparing the two Shakespearean Sonnets
*Question: Why do you think I get you to do so many Venn Diagrams? 🙂
Tuesday March 12th, 2024
Good Afternoon!
*Poetry Terms Quiz: Thursday March 14th, 2024
Poetic devices Practice: here is a worksheet to work on to practice identifying some of our devices.
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Poetry and Non Fiction: In Context “Lenses”
* “What Do I Remember of the Evacuation”
http://www.joykogawa.ca/what-do-you-remember-of-the-evacuation.html
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https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/walking-both-sides-invisible-border
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*Analyzing Poems: In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied: “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”. We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk
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http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/09/22/history-sept-22-1988-apology-to-japanese-canadians-of-wwii/
Monday March 11th, 2024
Good Afternoon!
*Poetry Terms Quiz: Thursday March 14th, 2024
Poetic devices Practice: here is a worksheet to work on to practice identifying some of our devices.
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Poetry and Non Fiction: In Context “Lenses”
* “What Do I Remember of the Evacuation”
http://www.joykogawa.ca/what-do-you-remember-of-the-evacuation.html
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*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
*Go through the analyzing poetry resource for “What do I Remember of the Evacuation.”
*After knowing more about that Japanese internment and the author, what meaning does this add to the poem itself?
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/09/22/history-sept-22-1988-apology-to-japanese-canadians-of-wwii/
https://learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ePubFaShRacRedJap.pdf
https://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/walking-both-sides-invisible-border
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*What did we learn about Residential Schools?
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*Analyzing Poems: In groups, you will be going through the analyzing poetry resource and applying it to the three poems we studied: “Walking on two Sides of the Border”, “What do I remember of the Evacuation”, and “Caged Bird”. We will do this on larger paper so we can post/gallery walk
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Monday March 11th, 2024
Good Morning!
*Themed Lunches: Do we need to hang your, post on instagram/school app?!
*Spirit Group: Should we do anything for the last day of school? If so, do we need a poster/announcement/canva for the app/instagram?!
*Promotion Video Assignment: How are we doing? Do we need time?
*Room Clean out: under the counter
Friday March 8th, 2024
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Best Buddies!