Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Self-Starter:

a.  Write a response to the picture projected on the screen.  You could write a description, a commentary, a poem, a brief story, or whatever you're moved to write based on that picture.  Your response should be about a half-page or so long.  Give it a title and today's date.

Picture Prompt

b. Poems! Instead of an autobiographical entry (about you), spend this time, if you need to, looking at our poem books for a poem to present next Tuesday, or preparing yours to present.  Do you need copies? 
(Poem present?)

Finish Me-Bags

Hand in  Storyboard for your child's book.   Work on a mock-up if desired, and/or writing out the story

Mini-Lesson?  Reminder of story grammar/plot structure.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Self-Starter:
Pick a prompt from the list titled "Creative Writing Prompts About Me," and write at least a half-page response in your notebook.  Give it a title and today's date.
b.  Write a response to the picture projected on the screen.  You could write a description, a commentary, a poem, a brief story, or whatever you're moved to write based on that picture.  Your response should be about a half-page or so long.  Give it a title and today's date.

Picture Prompts -- Children's Books?  

Finish Me-Bags

Finish a Storyboard for your child's book.   Work on a mock-up if desired.

Author study or leads?

Sharing Partners for 3-6-12 Stop #3

	Stop #3
Keziah Adams	Catherine Smart
Connor Budge	Clayton Taylor
Sarah Cummings	Mikayla Tobler
Hunter Davis	Emilie Tomlinson
Kaydee Davis	Amanda VanAusdal
Spencer Dean	Hailey Walker
Anna Finch	Samuel Williams
Kaylee Freeman	Alysheah Zabriskie
Kelli Gagon	Lauren Jones
Justin Gratin	Hunter Lambert
Emily Herzog	Katherine Larson
Samantha Hollingsworth	Estelle Nadauld
Parker Hoopes	Dallin Nielsen
Emmalee Howes	Braden Parsons
Alyssa Jeffrey	Melinda Robinson
Porter Jensen	Emily Rogers

Sharing Partners for 3-6-12 Stop #2

Stop #2

	Stop #2
Keziah Adams	Katherine Larson
Connor Budge	Estelle Nadauld
Sarah Cummings	Dallin Nielsen
Hunter Davis	Braden Parsons
Kaydee Davis	Melinda Robinson
Spencer Dean	Emily Rogers
Anna Finch	Catherine Smart
Kaylee Freeman	Clayton Taylor
Kelli Gagon	Mikayla Tobler
Justin Gratin	Emilie Tomlinson
Emily Herzog	Amanda VanAusdal
Samantha Hollingsworth	Hailey Walker
Parker Hoopes	Samuel Williams
Emmalee Howes	Alysheah Zabriskie
Alyssa Jeffrey	Lauren Jones
Porter Jensen	Hunter Lambert

Sharing Partners for 3-6-12 Stop #1

Sharing Partners for 3/6/12  Stop 1

	Stop #1
Keziah Adams	Lauren Jones
Connor Budge	Hunter Lambert
Sarah Cummings	Katherine Larson
Hunter Davis	Estelle Nadauld
Kaydee Davis	Dallin Nielsen
Spencer Dean	Braden Parsons
Anna Finch	Melinda Robinson
Kaylee Freeman	Emily Rogers
Kelli Gagon	Catherine Smart
Justin Gratin	Clayton Taylor
Emily Herzog	Mikayla Tobler
Samantha Hollingsworth	Emilie Tomlinson
Parker Hoopes	Amanda VanAusdal
Emmalee Howes	Hailey Walker
Alyssa Jeffrey	Samuel Williams
Porter Jensen	Alysheah Zabriskie

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

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Self-Starter:

Picture Prompts -- Children's Books?  

Finish Me-Bags

Create a Storyboard for your child's book.

View a slideshow.

Computer Lab 201
Look on the internet for poems to present.  Use the links below, or look up favorite poets.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/poetrycollections.html


Poetry Resources for Teens  
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/394

http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/youngpeople/

Funny Poetry for Kids
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=top_poems

Scroll down for poems to recite:

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/86

Poetry Links for Middle School Students:  (Notice that some of these are intended for teachers and others for students.)

http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/cc/poetry/poetryms.htm


Middle School Poetry
http://middleschoolpoetry180.wordpress.com/the-poems/

Poetry 180 -- aimed at high school students
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Poetry from Scholastic: 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/poetry/

Look at Shel Silverstein's official site.

http://www.poetry-archive.com/collections/

More:
Selections from a book of poetry about middle school: 
http://www.kristinegeorge.com/swimming_upstream.html

Gary Soto (Look for a book of poems by Gary Soto in our classroom:  A Fire in My Hands
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/230

A poem about poetry:
http://www.educationalrap.com/song/poetry-for-life.html

And more --
http://poetry.eserver.org/
http://www.poemhunter.com/

http://brodbagert.com/pages/view/303/Unpublished-poems-Brod-wants-you-to-have