January 13

Humanities 8

Today we skipped silent reading due to the shorter class because of PLC day.  Students were reminded that their poems that are free verse, acrostic or shape have to be at least 6 lines to be fully meeting expectations.  The remainder of the time, students worked on their poems.  They were asked to show me their poems before they started typing them up, so that I could give them some hints to improve their work and to make sure they have completed all the criteria.  

Due date: Monday January 19th!

English 10 (H block)

Today we skipped silent reading due to the shorter class because of PLC day.  We started off with assessing ourselves on our work in last class.  Next I explained the goal of the day (analyzing a poem and identifying strategies for poetry analysis).  Next students were asked to write down the following poem and write their thoughts/analysis of the poem around and beside it.  Then as a class we discussed the poem.  The emphasis was that although it seemed like a note or not much of poem on the first reading.  After analyzing and decoding it, there is a deeper/hidden meaning.  At the end of the class, students were asked to assess themselves.

This is Just to Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

William Carlos Williams (1938)