Josh's Fourth Blog

 Agenda

Take a min

blog corrections

Week 15:Quiz

NapoWrimo:Day 25 [Book Bracket]

Hw Read/Write a poem a day

26 iReady lessons

We started off class by listing to the take a minute video after, the video ends Ms. Nakada ask's the class to find a poem to read next, Andrew picks "The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Then, Ms. Nakada ask someone to read the poem Cole volunteers and Deshon. Afterwards, Ms. Nakada walks around checking binder reminders as we do the week 15 Quiz. After, most of the class finishes the quiz Ms. Nakada tells us to finish typing our poems. We pack up and the bell rings.

Ms. Nakada's Blog

AGENDA
take a minute
blog corrections
week 15: G.Q.Q.L
Na Po Wri Mo day 23

HW: Read & write a poem a day/ iReady 26 lessons

I made my way up from room 109 hauling all of the things I'd carried down for fifth period. My sixth period students came into class, sat down, and took out our binder reminders to write the agenda down. 

Alriel read her blog, and then she picked me. 

After that, we read a poem called "I'm Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Make Sense" by Danez Smith. We talked about the ways the mood and weather are connected and the colloquial language in the poem. 

We wrote it down as our lines for this week and recorded it as a poem read. 

Then, we wrote a poem for Day 23 of NaPoWriMo.  We worked on revising poems, and then, we packed up and left for a bonus day off!

Alriel's Fourth Blog

 Agenda:

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 15 GQQL

NaPoWriMo! Day 22

HW: Read and write a poem everyday

26 iReady lessons

We started off class with our take a minute video with Dora. Then, we shared our thoughts about computer adaptive tests, and what they reveal and not reveal. After, the class read a poem called "Self-Portrait With Woman On The Subway" by Hayan Charara. The poem was about a woman on the subway crying, and the speaker wishing that they had said something to comfort her. Some time later, we wrote our poems for National Poetry Writing Month. We then began writing about poem revision in our notebook. Then, at the end of class, we packed up our things then waited for the bell.

Hannah's Third Blog

 Agenda - 

take a minute

blog/corrections

week 14 GQQSL

NaPoWriMo Day 9

book bracket : sweet 16

prep for open house

poem in your pocket day

Homework - 

24 iReady Lessons 

Read/write a poem a day

We started off by doing take a minute. We watched a video of Dora asking people on the street to meditate for a minute. Next we did the song for the GQQSL which was "King of Pain" by The Police. We wrote what we thought the song was about and then chose our favorite lyric. Then, we did our NaPoWriMo. We read "miss rosie" by Lucille Clifton. When we finished, Ms. Nakada set at timer for three minutes to write our poems. When the timer went off, we switched over to preparing for the open house and chose what we wanted to display. When we were finished, Ms. Nakada told us the bell was about to ring so we all packed up. Then the bell rang, and we finished turning in our stuff so we could leave.

Cole's Fourth Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog Corrections

Week 14 - G Q Q S L

Poem Revising

HW Read/Write a poem a day!

24 iReady Lessons

We started off the day by sitting down in out seats and writing the Agenda. Issac came up and read his Blog. After Ms. Nakada corrected it, we reviewed what we did yesterday. We then went in to our English books and went over the Question, "How can you develop mental toughness?" After, we read our daily poem, "Moments" by Mary Oliver. Next, we started to do our poem revising for NaPoWriMo. Kat and Will both then showed the class their poems, which I personally thought were great. We then packed up an ended the day.

Isaac's Fourth Blog

AGENDA 

Take a minute

blog/corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 7 

Open House Display

HW Read/Write a poem a day!

We started out with the take a minute video about how just taking three deep breaths can help a lot. Then, James shared his blog, and I got picked for the next one. Soon after, we got to work on our week 14 Grammar, Quote, Question, Song, and Lines. 

Grammar: lyric poem- musical, single voice, one central idea
monologue: lengthy speech by one character
meter: rhythm, beat, weighted syllables

Quote: "Do not ignore the pain. Give it purpose. Use it." Amanda Gorman

Then, we got into reading a poem called "Tired" by Langston Hughes. Later, we got into writing our poem for the day. Then, Ms. Nakada counted how many poems we have. Then, the day ended.

James's Fourth Blog

 James's Fourth Blog

- Take a Minute

- Blog/Corrections

- NaPoWriMo Day 3

- OPEN HOUSE display

- Week 13: Quiz

- HW: RJ 13.3 Read & summarize a poem 

- 22 iReady lessons

We started off the day by taking a minute, then for another minute we talked about what the take a minute meant about the trees. After the take minute, we went into the poem, "Los Angeles" by Kamau Daáood. Once we finished we, talked about it and went into our reading journals for 13.3. Once we finished the reading journal, we went to NaPoWriMo and wrote a poem. Only Will went up to present his poem. After that, we went into the week 13 quiz. After finishing, Ms. Nakada asked us to highlight one piece of work from this school year and submit it on Schoology. Once finished, we packed up and got ready to go. 

Janelle's Fourth Blog

 AGENDA

- Take a Minute

- Blog Corrections

- Week 13, G.Q.Q.L

-NaPoWriMo! - Writer's Workshop

HW

- RJ 13.2 Read and Summarize a poem.

- 22 i-Ready Lessons

We enter the classroom and get started on our agendas. Once we were done with our agendas, we started our take a minute video which talks about how the trees are speaking to us. Ms. Nakada tells us when a nonhuman object speaks to us it is called personification. After our take a minute video, Graham reads his blog and makes a wheel with five Hunters, five Janelles, and one Josh. I was picked for the blog. As we finished up our blog discussion, Ms. Nakada passed out our lines for this weeks grammar, quote, question, and lines. 

The poem "Because You Asked about the Line Between Prose and Poetry" by Howard Nemerov. The poem talks about rain and snow, as it is an analogy to the title " Prose and Poetry." Our discussion continues and we look more into the rhyme scheme. Ms. Nakada asks if this poem would be a poem to Emily Dickinson. We all agree that it would be a poem to Emily Dickinson because it makes you wonder and think about what it's truly about.

 Then, we get our reading journals out, and we write down the poem we just read for our reading journal homework. The three words that we used for the summary are rain, snow, and differences. We flip to the next page and we start on our daily poems. 

I write about someones making me feel at home and how their curls shine like a pearl. Ms. Nakada asks if anyone would like to share their poem, and Graham raises his hand. Grahams poem was comparing a better player to a less good of a player. Will goes next, and his poem is about protagonist and antagonist. Nobody else shares after that, so, we open our Chromebooks and start on our round two of the Book Brackets. While we're doing our Book Brackets Ms. Nakada passes back the literature circles essays if you weren't done with them.

We pass our Book Brackets up then, we pack up and put our chairs up. Hooray.

Graham's Third Blog

Agenda

take a min

blog correction 

week 13 G Q Q L

NaPoWriMo

RJ 13.1 Read and summarize a poem. 

22 iReady 

    Today we started off with writing down the agenda, then we went to our note book. We wrote how prose and poetry are different. After we wrote down the quote by Emily Dickinson. It talks about if you can physically feel the poetry then its poetry. Next, we talked about Na Po Wri Mo, and how we would have to write a poem every day. Then, we did our first. When we were done people shared some of their poems. Then, we read a poem called "Fog" by Carl Sandburg, and was about how fog just like cats come and go. Then, did a three word summary and an image. Then, we went home.