Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish. Finish Chapter 1 of The Pearl, if we don't finish in class.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Yesterday: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Due Now: Bookmark 4, front and back
Coming Next Week: OAKS Reading Test. Has everybody already tested in math or science?
Today's Learning Targets:
I can identify literary devices in my independent reading.
I can support my opinion with evidence.
I can take clear notes.
I can use evidence from others to sharpen my own thinking.
I can use an author's diction choices to infer setting.
- Collect Bookmarks
- Whole class discussion
- Read aloud
- Where is this book set?
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Every Day: Bring your personal reading book and your copy of The Pearl.
Due Now: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Due Tomorrow: Bookmark 4, front and back
Today's Learning Targets:
I can identify literary devices in my independent reading.
I can support my opinion with evidence.
I can take clear notes.
I can use evidence from others to sharpen my own thinking.
- Bookmark Back Models
- Independent Reading
- Opinionaire
- Whole class discussion
- To the library!
- Read aloud
Do Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Monday: Finished Poetry Portfolio
Today's Learning Targets:
I can show what I know on a quiz.
I can use technology and the advice of my peers to improve my poetry.
I can critique poetry thoughtfully.
Things to accomplish today, in this order:
- Finish Poetry Challenges 1-5.
- Show
each of your poems to a classmate. That classmate should write down one
thing he or she likes and one thing he or she would add or change. Your
classmate needs to sign your rough draft.
- Revise your poems to include at least two elements of poetry.
- Type your poems.
- Create a cover page for your portfolio.
- Assemble your portfolio.
- Visit OCPoWriMo.
Leave at least five thoughtful comments. Be sure to include your first
and last name. Comments with egregious spelling or grammar errors will
be rejected.
Do Tonight: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Coming Tomorrow: Quiz on Elements of Poetry. Can you define them? Can you write them? Can you recognize them in poems?
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use technology and the advice of my peers to improve my poetry.
I can critique poetry thoughtfully.
Things to accomplish today, in this order:
- Finish Poetry Challenges 1-5.
- Show
each of your poems to a classmate. That classmate should write down one
thing he or she likes and one thing he or she would add or change. Your
classmate needs to sign your rough draft.
- Revise your poems to include at least two elements of poetry.
- Type your poems.
- Create a cover page for your portfolio.
- Assemble your portfolio.
- Visit OCPoWriMo.
Leave at least five thoughtful comments. Be sure to include your first
and last name. Comments with egregious spelling or grammar errors will
be rejected.
Do Tonight: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Yesterday: Two poetry term posters
Due Yesterday:
Bookmark 3, front and back
Week 4: 4/23 - 4/29
Coming Friday, 4/26: Quiz on Elements of Poetry. Can you define them? Can you write them? Can you recognize them in poems?
Today's Learning Targets:
I can explain what makes a good poem.
I can critique poetry thoughtfully.
Things to accomplish today:
- Visit OCPoWriMo. Leave at least five thoughtful comments. Be sure to include your first and last name. Comments with egregious spelling or grammar errors will be rejected.
- Finish Poetry Challenges 1-5.
- Show each of your poems to a classmate. That classmate should write down one thing he or she likes and one thing he or she would add or change. Your classmate needs to sign your rough draft.
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Now: Two poetry term posters
Due Now:
Bookmark 3, front and back
Week 4: 4/23 - 4/29
Coming Friday, 4/26: Quiz on Elements of Poetry. Can you define them? Can you write them? Can you recognize them in poems?
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can identify literary devices in my personal reading.
I can identify literary devices in a poem I've never seen before.
I can write good questions.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- Literary Devices Review
- "A Hero Falls" with a partner.
- Poetry Challenge #5: The silly poem
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Tomorrow: Two poetry term posters
Due Tomorrow:
Bookmark 3, front and back
Due Yesterday: Poetry Challenge #4
Coming Friday, 4/26: Quiz on Elements of Poetry. Can you define them? Can you write them? Can you recognize them in poems?
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can support my opinion with evidence from the text.
I can identify literary devices in a poem I've never seen before.
I can create a visual representation of a literary device to help reinforce my understanding.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- I'm reading ... by .... I might draw the scene when .... "..." would be a useful quotation because ...
- "Invictus" in small groups.
- Lit Devices Posters: Make two.
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Saturday and Sunday: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Now:
Rare Extra Credit Opportunity - Find examples of alliteration,
onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, or
assonance in a poem or song. Make sure your work is neatly organized
and easy to read.
Coming Friday, 4/26: Quiz on Elements of Poetry. Can you define them? Can you write them? Can you recognize them in poems?
Today's Learning Targets:
I can understand the need to respect diversity.
I can read for pleasure.
I can write a poem to fit complex rules.
I can create a visual representation of a literary device to help reinforce my understanding.
- What is the Day of Silence?
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- Poetry Challenge #4: Four and Twenty
- Lit Devices Posters: Make two.
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Yesterday: Poetry Challenge #3
Due Friday:
Rare Extra Credit Opportunity - Find examples of alliteration,
onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, or
assonance in a poem or song. Make sure your work is neatly organized
and easy to read.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can analyze my personal reading for setting details.
I can write a poem to fit complex rules.
I can analyze the tone in a poem.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- I'm reading ... by ... and I might draw the scene ...
- Tone in "nobody but you"
- Poetry Challenge #4: Four and Twenty
Do Tonight: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Yesterday: Bookmark 2 - front, back, and extra credit
Due Now: Poetry Challenge #3
Due Friday:
Rare Extra Credit Opportunity - Find examples of alliteration,
onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, or
assonance in a poem or song. Make sure your work is neatly organized
and easy to read.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can analyze my personal reading for setting details.
I can write a poem to fit complex rules.
I can identify effective and ineffective questions.
I can write effective questions.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- "nobody but you" by Charles Bukowski
- Tone in "nobody but you"
- Poetry Challenge #4: Four and Twenty
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Now: Bookmark 2 - front, back, and extra credit
Week 3: 4/16 - 4/22
Due Tomorrow: Poetry Challenge #3
Due Friday:
Rare Extra Credit Opportunity - Find examples of alliteration,
onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, or
assonance in a poem or song. Make sure your work is neatly organized
and easy to read.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can apply a number of different strategies for breaking lines in a poem.
I can write a poem to fit complex rules.
I can write effective questions.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- Lining Poems
- "nobody but you" by Charles Bukowski
- Poetry Challenge #4: Four and Twenty
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Tomorrow: Bookmark 2 - front, back, and extra credit
Due Friday: Rare Extra Credit Opportunity - Find examples of alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, oxymoron, or assonance in a poem or song. Make sure your work is neatly organized and easy to read.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure. I can use my
personal reading to expand my understanding of poetry. I can use poetry
to expand my understanding of my personal reading.
I can use art to inspire my own creativity.
I can solve difficulties with figurative language.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- Book talks
- "Ozymandius"
- Poetry Challenge #3: Writing from Art
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Saturday and Sunday: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure. I can use my personal reading to expand my understanding of poetry. I can use poetry to expand my understanding of my personal reading.
I can use art to inspire my own creativity.
I can solve difficulties with figurative language.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Independent Reading
- Book talks
- "Ozymandius"
- Poetry Challenge #3: Writing from Art
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Due Yesterday: Poetry Challenge #2: Simile Self-Portrait
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can use art to inspire my own creativity.
I can solve difficulties with figurative language.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Literary Devices Review
- 10 More Minutes with
- Poetry Challenge #3: Writing from Art
- "Ozymandius"
Do Tonight: Read 30 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Yesterday: Bookmark 1, front and back. Don't forget the extra credit!
Week 2: 4/9 - 4/15
Today's Learning Targets:
I can create a "simile self-portrait."
I can solve difficulties with figurative language.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Literary Devices Review
- Poetry Challenge #2: Simile Self-Portrait
- "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix
- Poetry Challenge #3: Writing from Art
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.
- Collect Bookmarks
- Independent Reading
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- One more question about "Wing$"
- Literary Devices Review
- Poetry Challenge #2: Simile Self-Portrait
- "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix
Due Now: Bring a personal reading book
Due Now: Bookmark Check. If you're filling it out now, you're doing it wrong.
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Tomorrow: Bookmark 1, front and back. Don't forget the extra credit!
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure. I can identify interesting or important lines in a book.
I can analyze how diction helps an author create a tone.
I can create a "simile self-portrait"
- Quickwrite: Why do people do difficult things?
- Independent Reading
- Model Bookmark Backs
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Tone in "Wing$"
- Literary Devices Review
- Poetry Challenge #2: Simile Self-Portrait
Due Now: Bring a personal reading book
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Do Saturday and Sunday: Read 30 minutes each day. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish. Expect a bookmark check on Monday.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure. I can identify interesting or important lines in a book.
I can analyze the purpose literary devices in a poem.
I can analyze how diction helps an author create a tone.
- Independent Reading
- Model Bookmark Backs
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Emotion Poem Wrap Up
- Literary Devices Review
- "Wing$" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
- Tone in "Wing$"
Due Now: Bring a personal reading book
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure. I can identify interesting or important lines in a book.
I can recognize definitions of literary devices.
I can analyze the purpose literary devices in a poem.
- Independent Reading
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Literary Devices Review
- "Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh Grade Viking Warrior" by Taylor Mali
Due Now: Bring a personal reading book
Due Now: Bookmark check. If you're filling out your bookmark now, you're doing it wrong.
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish.
Quiz Make-ups / Retakes: Today after school in B105. You will need to arrange your own transportation.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can have fun with words.
I can analyze a piece of writing to determine the mode.
- Independent Reading
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Poetry Challenge #1: Write about an emotion as if it was a person.
- What is this?
Due Now: Bring a personal reading book
Do Tonight: Read 15 minutes. Record your reading and your pages on your bookmark when you finish. Expect a bookmark check tomorrow.
Quiz Make-ups / Retakes: Wednesday after school in B105. You will need to arrange your own transportation.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can read for pleasure.
I can use inferential comprehension to win a poetry game.
I can have fun with words.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Poetry is a game, continued
- Poetry Challenge #1: Write about an emotion as if it was a person.
Due Tomorrow: Bring a personal reading book
Quiz Make-ups / Retakes: Wednesday after school in B105. You will need to arrange your own transportation.
Today's Learning Targets:
I can use a pre-test to help Mr. Kline plan effective instruction.
I can work with my classmates to gather important literary terms.
I can have fun with words.
- April is National Poetry Writing Month! Check out OCPoWriMo!
- Elements of Poetry Pre-test
- Elements of Poetry Definitions
- Poetry is a game
- What is this?
