Jasmin H first blog

Agenda

1. Lit Circle projects
2. AN Drafting 

•    Rough Draft on paper
•   Type R.D

Homework

1. Continue typing/Drafting AN
• Due Tuesday, 10/25

Today we started off our day with our poems " Caged Bird by Maya Angelou" and "Lodged by Robert Frost". We discussed about yesterdays test on the PSAT, we discussed the process and the content of test taking. The class had went over some mistakes that we did and strategies that we used.

Ms.Witham told the class a speech about not listening to her instructions when writing or when your free spirit writing.  Near the end of class we had about 10 minute to start tying our Rough Draft if we haven't started and start typing our final draft.

Emily's First Blog

Agenda
1.Read poem
2.L.C. Work time:

• D.J.-Luminous Passage
• Plot Rollercoaster
• Cover/week 1+2 Illustration

3.Danger of..
Homework
1.Rough Draft of A.N.-Due Thursday
2.Finish L.C. work

Our week started out with the clouds eating up the sun, but Ms. Witham brought the sun into the classroom and brighten up our day. We started  by reading the poem "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou, "The Eagle" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, and our new poem "We real cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks. Then Ms. Witham gave us time to work on our luminous passages. She passed out sheets of papers and she gave us examples on how it's supposed to look. Groups had time to work together and put their creativity to work. Most of the groups needed more time so she will give us time to work on it tomorrow. Our homework is to finish our luminous passage, and finish our wonderful drawings.

Nathan C's First Blog

Agenda:
   1. Poems
   2. Autobiographical Narrative ~ Examples/Guidelines/Prompts
   3. L.C. Work time:
      - Plot Rollercoaster
      - Luminous Passages
          * P.E.E.L. 

Homework:
   - Brainstorm A. N. (Autobiographical Narrative)
   - L. C. Work!

Today we started off with reading the poems, "Caged Bird" and our new poem "Lodged." Then we were given the guidelines to our Autobiographical Narrative Essay, and then we silently reviewed them, reading them over and forming any thoughts or questions about it. While this is happening, Ms. Witham reviewed the essay's guidelines, giving us notes and helping us understand it better. Then we were given an example of a narrative and read it together out loud. It was great. We talked about what made the essay stand out, especially the sensory details that captured how the writer felt so close to home at the beach.

We set up a new assignment in our Table of Contents naming it "Autobio. Narr. Brainstorm (at least 8 ideas)" on page 21. Since the project is due on Monday, we worked in our Literature Circle groups to work on our final project.

Jessica's First Blog

Agenda

1. Poem/Blog
2. SSR/ WNB check
- D. J. #2
3. Upfront election coverage

Homework

1. Read L.C. book (due by Thursday)
2. D. J. #2
3. Plot Rollercoaster

     On today's cold Monday morning, we started of with reading our two poems. One new and one old. After that Ms. Witham explained today's agenda. Today was more of a pick and choose day. If we had already finished our books (which many people have) we could start our D.J. #2 or read an article from Upfront Magazine about the election taking place.
     Next Ms. Witham explained our homework and what we need to have done. Our goal is still to finish our L.C. book by Thursday. Today we also have a make-up work party at lunch. There will be snacks and just extra time to do work that you haven't completed yet. We then looked at a D.J. that was above and beyond and lastly went back to our plot rollercoaster to add at least five notes.
  

Freja's First Blog

Agenda:
1. Poem/Blog
2. SSR - Review SSR Expectations
3. Lit Circle Meeting Prep
Homework:
1. Lit Circle Meeting Prep - D.J. + Plot Elements

Today we started by reading "Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou, and "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare. When we finished that, we had a few minutes of silent reading. After we had that bit of time to catch up on our books, we set a goal for our reading tonight and Ms. Witham talked to us about extensions.

Then, we started to set up our first literature circle meeting for our books. We're writing dialectic journals tonight, and Ms. Witham explained how we should do them. After that, we had some time to work on our homework.

Yasmine's First Blog

Agenda
-Poem/Blog
-Author's Chair
-Finish P.E.E.L.L. paragraph with groups
-Lit Circle Book Perusae


Homework
-Prep for Final Malala Reflection quote selection
-Illustrate top 3 lines of quote

Today we recited "Caged Bird" and "Sonnet 73" at the beginning of class. After reciting the poems, a few people read their Random Autobiography. The people who read their poems were Aaliyah, Ava, Jacelin, and Julissa.

After Author's Chair, we were assigned to finish our P.E.E.L.L. paragraphs with our groups. If we were finished, we were able to peruse the Lit Circle Book options. Ms. Witham explained how to prep for our final Malala reflection for homework. We had to choose a quote from I Am Malala and illustrate the top three lines of the quote.

Kevin's First Blog

Agenda


- Poem/blog
- Readers theater
- P.E.E.L.L. (review sentence frames)
- Authors chair

Homework

- Begin choosing an experience for your personal narrative
- Add more details to entries in your notebook like the CEQ etc;


Today we recited "The Eagle" and "Sonnet 73" in the beginning of the class. After the poems we started Readers' Theater with our final group. After we finished Readers' Theater, Ms. Witham explained what we should work on the P.E.E.L.L. (Point/Evidence/Explanation/Language/Link back to point)

We began to work on the P.E.E.L.L. and Ms. Witham began to read our poems and was revising them. While we were getting to finish our P.E.E.L.L. we moved on to the Author's Chair. Our first Author's Chair was Frankie and after that amazing poem class was over.