I am always in awe at how fast each year goes by as the third quarter is almost over. Spring break is approaching soon. I hope that all students and their families enjoy it and that they come back rested and ready to learn.
Few reminders:
Students are expected to complete all work. If students are falling behind, it is expected that they make up that work during lunch. After 3 times during lunch, the next expectation is after school from 3:00 to 4:30 to make up this work. Students should be staying as many days as possible until work is made up for any and all classes.
Also, students should be reading every day. It is a very important part of their role in my class. The book will be independently chosen unless given a specific book for the class.
Parental Leave
ALL
We finished up our poetry unit with great results! Students learned a variety of poetic devices, how to read and analyze a poem, as well as how to recite/perform poetry. They are officially poets! We continued our focus on annotation as this is a viable skill that will students may use across every subject area. It isn’t just for English class. It requires students to slow down when reading and really notice/interact with the text. On their blogs you can find some of their poetry reading, writing, and their summative. Check out all their hard work!
7th
In 7th grade students focused on learning many poetic devices and writing more formulaic types of poems. They wrote a total of 21 poems over the course of the unit. Finishing their final poem for their summative on their passion(s) as well as completing TIEAs on 2 different poems.
8th
During the 8th grade unit, students focused on writing poetry using works that were already created. This is what we call remixing. Students wrote about 18 poems for this unit and also looked at how poetic devices are used in songs. They finished their poetry summative by writing a poem to inspire others as well as completing TIEAs on 3 different poems. .