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/

Our New Punctuation Marks

Friday, February 10, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:       F.Y.I. There are 34 students in this class.

Targets for Today:  Write, write, write!    Pick a poet for Survivor of the Poets and research that poet. Create your pennant or flag and plan for your Mood Presentation.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Reading Time:  The best way to improve your writing is by reading quality writing. 2. Scribbles for Today:   Creating New Punctuation     2/10/17 Phonetic Punctuation A brief history of a few punctuation marks Create your own punctuation mark Punctuation       Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using Scribbles Next time:   Feb. 16  Jill Garrett and Ellie Walbruch  You need at least 4 poems from your poet because you will present/represent them in class as a small group or three or four.   You also need 6 items to symbolize your poet's life and work. 3. Today:  Finish Flags/Pennants if needed, then prepare for your Mood Presentation. 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:

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                            Parent-Teacher Conferences -- This Thursday, February 9 from 3:30-8:00.

Targets for Today:  Write, write, write!    Pick a poet for Survivor of the Poets and research that poet. Create your pennant or flag.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Scribbles for Today:   music     (Consider the mood that music can set.) Label it:  Mood Music February 8, 2017       Scribbles Next time:   Feb. 16  Jill Garrett and Ellie Walbruch  Possible Poets.docx You need at least 4 poems from your poet because you will present/represent them in class as a small group or three or four.   You also need 6 items to symbolize your poet's life and work. Survivor of the Poets Assignment.docx

If You Were Absent: See Above.

Vocabulary:

Symbols

About Symbols:  https://literarydevices.net/symbolism/



Symbols for Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poet   1844-1889

Monday, February 6, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                            Parent-Teacher Conferences -- This Thursday, February 9 from 3:30-8:00. The rest of your Creativity Collage is due TODAY.

Targets for Today:  Write, write, write!    Pick a poet for Survivor of the Poets and research that poet.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Scribbles for Today:   Hadlee Taylor and Camille Allred Prompt #1:      The sixth grade girls of Barlow and Bear Creek Ridge have been waiting to play in the annual softball game -- the Bat 6 -- for as long as they can remember.      But something is different this year.  There's a new girl on both teams, each with a secret in her past which sets them on a collision course set to explode on game day.  No one knows how to stop it.   All they can do it watch. . .  Prompt #2:      A perfume bottle -- "Pink: Warm and Cozy" Scribbles Next time:   Feb. 16  Jill Garrett and Ellie Walbruch  2. Finish up  your collage of creativity. Share them with the teacher on a Google Doc.  They are due today.   Creativity Collage Assignment When you finish those, ask for the list of poets for the Survivor of the Poets activity.  You may start looking them up to decide which one you would like to represent.  Possible Poets.docx You need at least 4 poems from your poet because you will present/represent them in class as a small group or three or four.   You also need 6 items to symbolize your poet's life and work. Survivor of the Poets Assignment.docx

If You Were Absent: See Above.

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                            Happy February!    Parent-Teacher Conferences -- Next Thursday, February 9 from 3:30-8:00. The rest of your Creativity Collage is due by February 6 -- Monday.

Targets for Today:  Write, write, write!    Pick a poet for Survivor of the Poets

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Scribbles for Today:   Harley T.  and Adriana D.      My mother thinks I'm dead.  Obviously I'm not dead, but it's safer for her to think so.  At least twice a month I see my wanted poster flashed on the jumbotrons scattered through downtown Los Angeles.  It looks out of place there.  Most of the pictures on the screen are happy things.  Smiling children standing under a blue sky,  tourists posing before the Golden Gate ruins, Republic commercials in neon colors.  Scribbles Next time:   February 6 -- Hadlee T and Camille A 2. Finish up  your collage of creativity. Share them with the teacher on a Google Doc.  They are due February 6.   Creativity Collage Assignment When you finish those, ask for the list of poets for the Survivor of the Poets activity.  You may start looking them up to decide which one you would like to represent.  Possible Poets.docx You need at least 4 poems from your poet because you will present/represent them in class as a small group or three or four.

If You Were Absent: See Above.

Vocabulary: