Weekly Agenda 6/1 - 6/4

Tuesday 6/1
-Last Day!
-Share stories and poems
-Reflect on year
HW - E-portfolio due Friday at 2:30pm

Weekly Agenda 5/24 - 5/28

Monday 5/24
-Write Vocab story or poem
HW - Work on journals (Due Friday)
-Revise workshopped poem

Tuesday 5/25
-Vocab quiz
-Workshop poems
HW - Create Gmail account

Wednesday 5/26
-Computer lab to work on electronic portfolio
HW - Journals due Friday
-Portfolio due Tuesday

Thursday 5/27
-Computer lab to work on electronic portfolio
HW - Journals due tomorrow
-Portfolio due Tuesday

Friday 5/28
-Computer lab to work on electronic portfolio
HW - Portfolio due Tuesday
-Bring in a poem or short story to share
-Bring in food for last day celebration

Weekly Agenda 5/17 - 5/21

Monday 5/17
-My favorite poem
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem
*Journals due 5/28

Tuesday 5/18
-My favorite poem
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem

Wednesday 5/19
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem

Thursday 5/20
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem

Weekly Agenda 5/10 - 5/14

Monday 5/10
-My Favorite Poem Project
-Watch Videos
-William Carlos Williams
HW - Write a poem in the style of "This is Just to Say"

Tuesday 5/11
-Two students will share their favorite poems
-Write a "be" poem
HW - Write/type "be" poem

Thursday 5/13
-Two students will share their favorite poems
-Meter
HW - Finish/ type meter poem

Friday 5/14
-Two students will share their favorite poems
-Rhyme scheme
HW - Finish/ type poem with rhyme scheme

Weekly Agenda 5/3 - 5/7

Tuesday 5/4
-Workshop Poems
HW - Vocabulary worksheet

Wednesday 5/5
-Workshop Poems
-Review vocab
-Each student will write poem inspired by a vocab word
HW - Study Vocab
-Extra credit = Write poem with all vocab words

Thursday 5/6
-Vocab quiz
-Workshop poems
HW - None

Friday 5/7
-Read poems
-Hyperbole/ Euphemism
HW - Finish/ type poem/s

Weekly Agenda 4/26 - 4/30

Monday 4/26
-Read "Parents"
-Found newspaper article
HW - Finish/ type poem

Tuesday 4/27
-Metaphor/ simile exercise
-Read "Digging" and "Mother to Son"
-Write a metaphor poem
HW - Finish/ type poem

Wednesday 4/28
-Alliteration and sound
-Read "The Bells"
-Alliteration activity
HW - Turn past poem into an exercise in alliteration
-Bring in typed poem you want workshopped

Thursday 4/29
-Read haikus
-Write haikus
HW - Write a third haiku, typed

Friday 4/30
-Workshop poems
HW - Write in journal

Weekly Agenda 4/12 - 4/16

Monday 4/12
-Vocab quiz
-Prose vs. Poetry
-Handout
HW - Bring in one of your favorite books or short stories

Tuesday 4/13
-Found and parallel poem
HW - Finish and type up poems

Wednesday 4/14
-Visit Spring Art Exhibit
-Write poem inspired by artwork
HW - Finish and type up poem

Friday 4/16
-Read "We Real Cool"
-Line breaks, enjambment
HW - Bring in newspaper or newspaper article