DO NOW | As a refresher, read "In cold spring air" by Reginald Gibbons one more time paying attention to the structure.
SKELETON POEM | Here is an extensive list of the structural characteristics that we noticed in the poem yesterday. Each class contributed to this list so there might be a few that you didn't hear yesterday. Look over the list. Are there any that we missed? Feel free to ask me to elaborate on any you don't understand!!
Please choose AT LEAST 3 of these components use in your own poem you started about a cold spring day. HAPPY WRITING.
DO NOW | Quick Jot — Imagine a cold day at the beginning of spring and write down a few sentences about what you see in your imagination and how that vision makes you feel. You can do this in your English notebook. Then share out.
POETRY | Read the short poem "In cold spring air" silently to yourself a few times. What techniques do you notice in the poem? Jot down a list of choices the poet makes that works well in the poem. Choose two volunteers, read the poem aloud twice.
Do Now | 10 minutes
Review Brown Girl Dreaming vocabulary list for quiz today. Quiz | 20 minutes List 3 Vocabulary Perspectives Journal | While you wait for the rest of the class to finish the quiz, please clean up your Perspectives Journal. I will be collecting it today to review for Skyward—Found Poem, Ode Poem. Your journal will be returned to you to finish out the remainder of the school year. Reading | Part 3 Brown Girl Dreaming
Reading Log
ode /ōd/ a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter
Turn and Talk | Found Poetry (from Tuesday)
Found Poetry | Last week you constructed a Found Poem based on the Poem of the Week. Today, construct a Found Poem using one of the novels we have been reading in class--Brown Girl Dream or The House on Mango Street.
Poetry Share | Pick one poem to share out to the rest of the class. Do Now | Black Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
Finish reading “Part II the stories of the south flow like rivers” quietly on your own. Summary | Reading Log After you have finished reading Part II, complete one final entry in your Reading Log in Google Classroom.
Vocabulary | With any remaining time you have in class, please begin your practice for List 3 of Brown Girls Dreaming in vocabulary.com. If you have completed the practice for List 3, re-complete the practice. Forward Testing Prep Do Now | What is the difference between what we hear or see and what we think?
During the Forward test, you will be asked to answer a lot of questions about what you specifically hear or read in a text. Remember this is very different than what you might think about the text. For example, we might think that Jacqueline is very close with her family but the book Brown Girl Dreaming doesn't actually tell us that directly. We decided she is family oriented, because the book said her grandma taught her about the Bible, her Daddy (grandpa) takes her to the candy shop every Friday afternoon, she only plays with her brother and sister and just observes the other kids on the block. For this test, it will be really important for you to consider what the texts are actually telling you when responding to the questions. Sometimes the test tries to trick you by including answer options that have information that is not actually stated in the text. Today we will go over the four types of questions the test will ask you and practice some answers together.
April is National Poetry Month
DO NOW | Read and listen to André Naffis-Sahely's poem called "The Other Side of Nowhere."
Write & Share | In your English notebook, choose 13 words from the poem to create a 13-word mini-poem of your own. You may only use words you find in this poem!
Reading | Continue reading together as a class, Part 2: the stories of south carolina run like rivers, Jacqueline Woodson. Vocab | Practice the vocabulary.com list for Brown Girl Dreaming, Part III. (Quiz on Monday!) April is National Poetry Month
DO NOW | Listen to Alicia Ostriker read her short poem, "When Love."
Write & Share | In this poem, Ostriker compares the human personality to sediment of various rocks built up in geological formations. Choose your own metaphor to explain personality or the "essential person." Write out the metaphor in a few lines in your English notebook and share out with the class.
(If you struck gold with your metaphor, maybe you want to explore your idea further in a poem and pop it in your perspectives journal (stretch goal, not required))
Reading | Part 2: the stories of south carolina run like rivers, Jacqueline Woodson
Same and Different | Based on today's reading, let's identify some characteristics about Jacqueline as a group and add information to our Same and Different thinking routine.
Do Now | Perspectives Journal
Analysis Read the following vignettes from The House on Mango Street. They are short, so you will be reading them on your own:
Next, open Google Classroom and complete the Same and Different thinking routine. Character 1: Esperanza
Character 2: Jacqueline
Comparison: How are these characters creating their own identity? How is the world around them helping to create their identity? National Poetry Month | Poem a DayÉtude Reads
Many of you wrote that you did enjoy Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story, but that you would also like to read a 9/11 story that involves characters more directly involved in the terrorist attacks. Below is a recommendation that can be found at our local library!
Goodreads Description
"It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at the World Trade Center in New York City. When two planes hit the towers, Brandon and his father are trapped inside a fiery nightmare as terror and confusion swirl around them. Can they escape -- and what will the world be like when they do? In present-day Afghanistan, Reshmina is an 11-year-old girl who is used to growing up in the shadow of war, but she has dreams of peace and unity. When she ends up harboring a wounded young American soldier, she and her entire family are put in mortal danger. But Reshmina also learns something surprising about the roots of this endless war. With his trademark skill and insight, Alan Gratz delivers an action-packed and powerful story of two kids whose lives connect in unexpected ways, and reminds us how the past and present are always more linked than we think." |
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