Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: It's Valentines' Day! F.Y.I.   -- There are 34 students in this class.                     If your group has not finished your poet flag,  finish it at the very beginning of class.    Not everyone has signed up for a group and poet.  Do that now!  You really should see  Our New Punctuation Marks!

Targets for Today:  Write, write, write!     Present your Mood Presentation.

Today’s  Agenda: If your group has not finished your poet flag,  finish it during this time!   Not everyone has signed up for a group and poet.  Do that now!  If you are ready with your flag, do the Scribble and then read.  If not, write this later.  2. Scribble for Today:        Scribbles Next time:   Feb. 16  Jill Garrett and Ellie Walbruch  3. Today:  Present  FLAG and  your Mood Presentation. Vote one poet off -- (your flag just comes down)  Vote for your favorite presentation by the name of the poet. Use the handout provided. You will write couplets to submit your vote. You may not vote for your own presentation.  The Top Winner's flag goes into a place of honor. The poet who did not present today went to the Wall of Isolation.  Shakespeare Neruda Dickinson Frost  And the winner is --  Frost! with 7 votes Neruda received 5 Dickinson 4 and Shakespeare 3 Only those who wrote couplets -- following the directions -- had a vote toward the result.  Everyone be ready next time to prepare  your Frozen Tableau. You should also all be working on your artistic representations.  If you lost your assignment paper, you can go to http://cavewriting.blogspot.com/p/survivor-of-poets.html and scroll down to the challenges.  Everyone will participate in the remaining challenges. Here is one of the couplet responses: Emily's bird came down the walk, It only ate, it did not talk. I snapped an unlucky worm in two, and drank up some convenient dew. It got out of the way of a beetle's roam, and that's the end of Emily's poem.     -- Ava N. I chose William Shakespeare. The words that came out of his mouth, I like to hear. It made me joyous and happy, Even if I felt crappy. He puts a  ?  smile on my face, As his words gently glide through space.  -- Hillary H.  There is a link on Skyward and in an email to you to open a document to be used in your planning  https://webertube.com/video/10340/mood-music-sample Possible Poets.docx Survivor of the Poets Assignment.docx

If You Were Absent: See Above.

Vocabulary: Mood Definition. In literature, mood is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions. Usually, mood is referred to as the atmosphere of a literary piece, as it creates an emotional situation that surrounds the readers.  https://literarydevices.net/mood/