January 11

Humanities 8

Today we started off with silent reading.  Next students were asked to assess themselves for their silent reading for the term. They recorded their assessment in their poetry assessment chart.  Students were also ask to make a learning goal for the day, which they assessed at the end of the class. 

The remainder of the class was dedicated to working on their poetry anthologies.  Students should be finished 4 poems by the end of class.  

Reminder:  Poetry Anthologies are due January 18th - a week today!!

English 10 (H block)

Today we started off with silent reading.  Then we brainstormed the purposes of poetry (to flirt, to express emotions, coping with trauma, career - spoken word poet, jingle writer etc).  Next students were given quotes about poetry and they were asked to paraphrase the quotes to explain how it relates to poetry.  Students then shared their quotes and explanations with the class.  Students were also asked to assess their silent reading using their poetry portfolio chart.