Friday, March 3, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:   The last day to hand in late or revised work for Term 3, or extra credit is March 10.

Targets for Today: I can write to a variety of prompts, and share my writing with others.

Today’s  Agenda: You will have a substitute teacher, since I will be with the Mock Trial Team. Be on your best behavior.  You may earn some extra credit.  1.  Scribbles by   Brynn M  and Hillary H Next time:  March 8 -- Kyle F and Adriana D. Ava N and Melissa J  2. A Bevy of Prompts  Today you are going to experience a variety of prompts.     The substitute will give you five to ten minutes to work on each.   You may complete the prompts in any order. Write each new prompt on the next page of your notebook.   Do as much as you can in the time allotted for each, then be willing to move on to the next one.   The substitute will give you instructions about how you will share each piece of writing.  __________________________________ A Bevy of Prompts: March 3 -- Prompt 1  March 3 -- Prompt 2 March 3 -- Prompt 3 March 3-- Prompt 4 March 3 -- Prompt 5 March 3 -- Prompt 6 March 3 -- Prompt 7 March 3 -- Prompt 8 March 3 -- Prompt 9 Sharing Before you share, tell the people you are sharing with which prompt you are responding to. 1:  Use your appointment clocks and pair share.  -- Use your two o'clock appointment.      If you do not have an appointment, find someone else who does not until everyone is paired.  If you are still left over, join a group of three.  2:  Get together with your six o'clock appointment, then find another pair of students to join.   If you do not have an appointment, find someone else who does not until everyone is paired.  If you are still left over, join a group of three.  3.  Three volunteers will share what they have written. 4.   Use your appointment clocks and pair share.  -- Use your eight  o'clock appointment.      If you do not have an appointment, find someone else who does not until everyone is paired.  If you are still left over, join a group of three.  5.  The teacher will draw names for three students who will share.  6.  Get together with your twelve o'clock  appointment, then find another pair of students to join.   If you do not have an appointment, find someone else who does not until everyone is paired.  If you are still left over, join a group of three.  7.  The teacher will draw names for three students who will share.  8.  Three volunteers will share what they have written.

If You Were Absent: Write to the above prompts and turn them in.

Vocabulary:

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                                     4) Groups act out poems using props and costumes   Sound and lighting effects, dramatic entrances and exits, backgrounds, music and movement add flair to performances. Does not need to be memorized: “Reader’s Theater” Hint:  Long poems can have a “director’s edit” to be shortened. Date _____work/plan February 23/27 /present March 1.   The last day to hand in late or revised work or extra credit for Term 3 is  March 10.

Targets for Today: I can respond to various prompts with writing. Marc

Today’s  Agenda: Scribbles --  March 1: Joe B. and Remlee N Next time --  March 3:  Brynn M  and Hillary H  March 8 -- Kyle F and Adriana D. Ava N and Melissa J  Today: Grand presentations! and catch-up Write in your composition book: Select one and write for 3-5 minutes, then another and write for 3-5 minutes, for as much time as you have.   Can you remember a pet you once had which you don’t have any more?  Can you remember a time when you tried to cook something and it didn’t turn out?  Can you remember a time you got into trouble for something you had been told not to do?  Can you remember a time when you broke something (or otherwise ruined something) that belonged to someone else?  Can you remember a trip you would not want to have to take again?  Can you remember a party you didn’t want to attend to begin with?  Can you remember a night (or day) your parents haven’t yet found out about?  Can you remember a time when you got sick at a very inconvenient moment?  Can you remember a birthday or holiday you would (or would not) like to live over again?  Can you remember a time when you got lost? What about a time when you were separated from your companions – even though you weren’t lost?  Can you remember a time when you were locked out of where you needed to be?  Can you remember a time when you totally forgot an important date or appointment?  Can you remember a time when your first impression of someone turned out to be completely wrong?  Can you remember a time when you learned something from someone younger than you, perhaps a little child?  Can you remember a problem with a haircut? . . . make-up? . . . an article of clothing?  Can you remember a time when you got a gift or compliment which you did not at all deserve?  Can you remember a time when you almost won, but not quite?  Can you remember a time when you were tricked or lied to? And the winners are ....... Frost!

If You Were Absent:

Vocabulary:

Monday, February 27, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                             3) Artistic Representation Each group member creates an individual work of art to represent the group’s chosen poem. No two art forms in one group may be alike. Suggestions: painting, drawing, sculpting, poster-making, scrap-booking, movie making, animation, metal work, collages, carving, print-making, sewing, quilting, etc.Date ______present February 27.             4) Groups act out poems using props and costumes   Sound and lighting effects, dramatic entrances and exits, backgrounds, music and movement add flair to performances. Does not need to be memorized: “Reader’s Theater” Hint:  Long poems can have a “director’s edit” to be shortened. Date _____work/plan February 23/27 /present March 1.

Targets for Today: I can write short pieces. I can create and present an artistic piece that represents a poem.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Scribbles for February 27:  Coleman and Malyssa M and  A jar of . . . . . .  Next Scribbles for  March 1: Joe B. and Remlee N 2. Time to prepare Artistic Representations and plan for next presentation.  3. Present Artistic Representations  The results of the votes:                    Frost and Angelou tied!  Remlee N. Remlee N. Remlee N. 4.  Late presentations?  5. More Time to Plan/Prepare

If You Were Absent:

Vocabulary:

Quotes

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children… to leave the world a better place… to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast. J. Michael Straczynski

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_funny.html

There's a rule of writing: if everything is funny, nothing is funny; if everything is sad, nothing is sad. You want that contrast. J. Michael Straczynski
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_funny.html

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                              3) Artistic Representation Each group member creates an individual work of art to represent the group’s chosen poem. No two art forms in one group may be alike. Suggestions: painting, drawing, sculpting, poster-making, scrap-booking, movie making, animation, metal work, collages, carving, print-making, sewing, quilting, etc. Date ______present February 27.             4) Groups act out poems using props and costumes   Sound and lighting effects, dramatic entrances and exits, backgrounds, music and movement add flair to performances. Does not need to be memorized: “Reader’s Theater” Hint:  Long poems can have a “director’s edit” to be shortened. Date _____work/plan February 23/27 /present March 1.   Scribbles for February 27:  Coleman and Malyssa M

Targets for Today: I can understand, appreciate, and write poetry.

Today’s  Agenda: Get out your composition books. Prepare to take notes on ART WARS! Take Notes:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebd-0bjUjZk A What is this poem about? About R How does the use of repeated words affect the poem’s meaning? Repeated Words T What is the tone of the poem? How do you know? Tone W What effect do the words have on the meaning? Words A What examples of alliteration are there? What’s the effect? Alliteration R How are rhythm and  rhyme used? What’s the effect? Rhythm Rhyme S How does the structure of the poem affect the meaning? Structure http://cavemanenglish.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-base-stealer.html Title of Poem: ________________________________________________ A What is this poem about? About R How does the use of repeated words affect the poem’s meaning? Repeated Words T What is the tone of the poem? How do you know? Tone W What effect do the words have on the meaning? Words A What examples of alliteration are there? What’s the effect? Alliteration R How are rhythm and  rhyme used? What’s the effect? Rhythm Rhyme S How does the structure of the poem affect the meaning? Structure Brief Planning Time. Love That Poem!  -- Reading and Creating

If You Were Absent:

Vocabulary:

5. Poems in Love That Dog  and writing 

Inspired By poems

Read the poems, then for each, write an imitation. 

Poem #1 

The Red Wheelbarrow

William Carlos Williams, 1883 - 1963

so much depends

upon

a red wheel barrow

glazed with rain water

beside the white chickens.

Sample Imitations:

The Assignment by Ms. Dorsey

so much depends
upon

a sheet of lined paper

resting in a wire basket

upon the teacher's 
desk.





Hall Pass by Ms. Dorsey
so much depends
upon
a paper hall
pass
signed by
the teacher
as I squirm


And from students a few years ago:

So much depends
upon
the pigskin ball
with leather all over
beside the wide receiver.
          --Zac Smith

The Bumblebee
So much depends
upon
a small bumble
bee
striped with yellow and
black
sitting upon a yellow
flower
 --  Brennan Davis

Now write your own imitation of the So Much Depends poem.

You need to write only one stanza. 

Poem #2: 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

BY ROBERT FROST

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

Poems by Ms. Dorsey inspired by Mr. Robert Frost:

Whose books these are I think I know.

She has gone to math class though;

I'll read one whether or not I oughter,

After all, it's Harry Potter.

Whose poem this is, 

I do not know.

I'd like to find that student though.

It's excellent and should be shared,

So if it's you,

Please let me know.



Now write your imitation of the Snowy Woods poem.
You need to write only one stanza. 

To here -- 3-26-15




The Disruptive Students
by Ms. Dorsey (Inspired by William Blake)

Students, students
talking on
Even though the bell has rung
Who can hear you? Everyone!
So teacher will cut short your fun.

Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

THE TYGER (from Songs Of Experience)

By William Blake

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright 
In the forests of the night, 
What immortal hand or eye 
Could frame thy fearful symmetry? 
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare sieze the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art.
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

More Love That Dog and poetry

1. The Red Wheelbarrow
2. Stopping By Woods (1 Stanza)
3. The Tiger (2 or more lines) 
4. Read both The Tiger and The Lamb
5. Dog by Valerie Worth 
6. The Pasture by Robert Frost 

You Come Too

I'm going out to watch the sunset, 

and linger, maybe, to watch the stars come out.

I'll take a chair and blanket to keep warm. 

I'd gladly carry two,

Because what would make it better 

Would be if you came too.  

 --  Ms. Dorsey 

1. Street Music by Arnolf Adoff   

   “Street Music” by Arnold Adoff - GallagherLanguageArts

   8.  The Apple   Page back to see more visual poetry. 

   
   
   9.   Love That Boy

All of the poems may be here:  http://www.clccharter.org/andrea/reading/dog_poems.html

More Poetry:  http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/article/246328

Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau

More Love That Dog and writing "inspired by" poetry.
You should have in your composition book:
a poem imitating (inspired by)

1. The Red Wheelbarrow
2. Stopping By Woods (1 Stanza)
3. The Tiger (2 or more lines) 
4. Read both The Tiger and The Lamb
5. Love That Boy  -- See below.
6. and at least the sounds for a poem like Street Music.

Love That Boy by Walter Dean Meyers

Love that boy,
like a rabbit loves to run
I said I love that boy
like a rabbit loves to run
Love to call him in the morning
love to call him
"Hey there, son!"

He walk like his Grandpa,
Grins like his Uncle Ben.
I said he walk like his Grandpa,
And grins like his Uncle Ben.
Grins when he’s happy,
When he sad, he grins again.

His mama like to hold him,
Like to feed him cherry pie.
I said his mama like to hold him.
Like to feed him that cherry pie.
She can have him now,
I’ll get him by and by

He got long roads to walk down
Before the setting sun.
I said he got a long, long road to walk down
Before the setting sun.
He’ll be a long stride walker,
And a good man before he done.
 ___________________________
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/lovethat.htm