Agenda, April 9

Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Now: Bookmark 1, front and back. Don't forget the extra credit!
Week 2: 4/9 - 4/15

Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure. I can create a poem that captures my character.
I can analyze how tone helps an author achieve his purpose.
I can create a "simile self-portrait."
I can solve difficulties with figurative language. 

1. Collect Bookmarks
2. Independent Reading
3. April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
4. One more question about "Wing$"
5. Literary Devices Review
6. Poetry Challenge #2: Simile Self-Portrait 
7. "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix