Monday: Use your peer feedback from today's peer edits to improve your slam poem so that your final draft is ready to turn in tomorrow. Remember that this is a summative grade!
Tuesday: Today, we started reviewing for the poetry exam, which will be on Friday, March 11. To review, we started making our poetry portfolios:
Tonight, rehearse which poem you will perform! Tomorrow, we will begin the Paper Plate Poetry Competition!
Wednesday: Today we performed poetry and identified which form of poetry was being performed. Your homework tonight is to continue reading your independent book (SSR), and continue working on your poetry portfolio, which is due Friday.
Thursday: Today, we finished performing our poems, and we reviewed for the exam. Tonight, review your notes so that you are fully prepared for the exam tomorrow. On the exam, you will need to:
Friday: Today we finished out poetry unit with the poetry exam. Your homework is to read your independent books (SSR) for 10-20 minutes every day.
Tuesday: Today, we started reviewing for the poetry exam, which will be on Friday, March 11. To review, we started making our poetry portfolios:
- Step 1: Definitions
•ode, lyric, soliloquy, and slam - Step 2: Design Poetry Pages
•every poem must have a title, label of type of poem, and definition. - Step 3: Create a Cover
•include a title and “By [Your Name]” - Step 4: Put It All Together
•add any final details – due Friday!
Tonight, rehearse which poem you will perform! Tomorrow, we will begin the Paper Plate Poetry Competition!
Wednesday: Today we performed poetry and identified which form of poetry was being performed. Your homework tonight is to continue reading your independent book (SSR), and continue working on your poetry portfolio, which is due Friday.
Thursday: Today, we finished performing our poems, and we reviewed for the exam. Tonight, review your notes so that you are fully prepared for the exam tomorrow. On the exam, you will need to:
- define the four types of poetry (ode, lyric, soliloquy, and slam)
- compare and contrast them
- read different types of poems to identify which type of poetry it is
- answer analysis questions using complete sentences and textual evidence. *This is the part of the exam that will be worth the most points!
Friday: Today we finished out poetry unit with the poetry exam. Your homework is to read your independent books (SSR) for 10-20 minutes every day.