Thursday, May 8, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  We will go to Legacy next Wednesday, May 14.

Today’s Agenda: Write about Mother's Day or mothers or secrets or a project that you did in elementary school. Mother's Day Gifts of Poetry or Prose for mother or for someone else. Your project: If it is below average, you will receive nothing, nada, zilch.  If it is average, you will receive 75%. If it is above average, you will receive 85%. If it is absolutely outstanding, you will receive 100%. Schedule:  Today, plan, write,  and revise. Next time, finish up so it is ready to give. Resources:  Forms of Poetry:  Write Source 2000, page 202 - 207 http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson391/I-am-poem.pdf I Am Poem or http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm Poems for Two Voices  http://browseinside.harpercollinschildrens.com/index.aspx?isbn13=9780064460934 Your project could be a long poem a collection of short poems a memoir a short story a story or poem with photos "newspaper" article What else?

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