Agenda
take a minute
blog corrections
NaPoWriMo Day 30
Week 16: QQSL
reader's/ writer's workshop
HW: RJ 16.2
iReady 40-45 minutes
write a poem
We went into class and took a minute while writing down the agenda. Then, we read the poem, "Love After Love," by Derek Walcott. Next, we wrote the last poem this month. After that, we did the song and lines. The song this week was, "Born in the USA," by Bruce Springsteen. Then, we had the rest of class to work finishing writing the poems.
AGENDA:
take a minute
blog - corrections
NaPoWriMo Day 29
Week 16: Q-Q-S-L
reader's/writer's workshop
HW:
RJ 16.1 iReady 40-45min
Write a poem!
We walked into class and took a minute. After, we went over Elijah's Sixth Blog and did blog corrections. After, we did a bunch of stuff like ya you know. We read a haiku poem, "A World of Dew" by Kobayashi Issa. Then, we wrote poems.
We wrote the quote of the week: "If you have the feeling something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up." Fred Korematsu
Then we wrote the question: Who do you look to for understanding the difference between right and wrong?
When we finished all of that stuff we left.
AGENDA:
take a minute
blog - corrections
NaPoWriMo Day 26
Week 15: Q-Q-S-L - Quiz
reader's/writer's workshop
HW:
Write a poem day!
- Make-up iReady -
On Friday we walked into class like normal. We started with the one minute meditation. After the meditation, we started to listen to Jackie's blog that was quite better than Xander's blog. We corrected the blog and started a new rule that if it's your birthday and you are up to do the blog you shall automatically get a point. Soon after, we wrote a poem, and when we were finished Ms. Nakada started asking people for a check up on the poems. We later did the lines, and it was "Poetry" by Yrsa Daley Ward. At the end of the period we did the quiz and left class for lunch.
Agenda
Take A Minute
Blog Corrections
Week 15: Q.Q.S.L
Readers/writer's workshop
Homework
RJ 15.2 Read/Write a poem- iReady 40-45 minutes.
Today we all skedaddled into class and wrote down the agenda. Then, after that, we corrected Cesar's blog. Then, he made me and Hudson do rock, paper, scissors for who does the blog. And I lost, but I don't care. After that, we read and talked about our poem of the day. Then, we got to writing our poems. Gael, Amari, Xander, and Felipe wrote poems for my birthday, which were all pretty sigma. After we got back to our question from yesterday, we then we started our discussion about it. Then, we listened to the song of the week, and shortly after, we skedaddled off to lunch.
Agenda
Take a Minute
Blog Corrections
NaPoWriMo
Week 15: Q-Q-S-L
Reader's/Writer's workshop
HW: RJ 15.1 Read/write a poem- iReady 40-45 minutes
We all walked into class and sat down. We took a minute, and then Ben started to read his blog. After he read his blog, he picked me. He told me to pick Jackie. (I might pick someone different just to get a little revenge on him) Then, Ms. Nakada gave out papers that had info on the eighth grade events. After all that, we started our RJ. The poem that we read was "Postcard to Baudelaire" by Thomas Lux. We than started to write our poems. After all of that, Ms. Nakada asked us about how many poems we have. I have a question for Elijah, "Elijah why do you ALWAYS have food?" Anyways, we started Q-Q-S-L. The Quote for this week was "Do not ignore the pain. Give it purpose. Use it." by Amanda Gorman and the Question was "How can you develop mental toughness?" The bell rang, and we all left for lunch. Jackie and Hudson do rock paper scissors.
Agenda
Take A Minute
Blog Corrections
NaPoWriMo Day 19
Week 14 Quiz
Literature Circles / Reader's Workshop
HW: Write a poem a day.
Today I walked in to class hoping not to do the blog today, but I ran out of luck and got picked to do it because Xander Salazar wouldn't shut his trap. We then went on to writing poems while Ms. Nakada checked how many poems we had written so far. We then went on to an extended reader's workshop where we wrote more poems and posted them digitally. For the last ten minutes of class, we did the weekly quiz. When the bell rang we all skedaddled out to lunch.
And I choose Cesar Martinez.
Agenda
take a minute
blog - corrections
NaPoWriMo Day 18
Week 14: Q-Q-S-L
lit.circles / reader's workshop
HW: RJ 14.4 iReady 2 lessons- 40-45 min.
As the bell rang, everybody entered the class in a crazy manner (not literally). Then, we all took a seat and started to write down the agenda for the day. Ms. Nakada played a mindfulness video for all of us to watch after the agenda, and as soon as that video was finished she called up Sukhari Dodson to read her super amazing excellent blog. The whole class listened to Sukhari as she dissed John, and read the rest of her blog. When she was finished, she sat back down and picked me, but I was already ready since I knew she was going to do that (I told her to). The whole class got out their English notebooks since it was about time to start NaPoWriMo Day 18. We passed out the pink packets with a bunch of poems written on them, and Ms. Nakada told us to turn to page 19 so that we could real the poem named "Self-Portrait With Woman On The Subway" By Hayan Charara. The poem was mostly about how she regretted not helping a woman that was crying across from her. I think the poem teaches us how society really ignores the problems that are going on, and just decide to look the other way.
After that, we wrote it down in all of our English notebooks and started to write our next poem for the day. Of course, I wrote a poem about my handsome husband Ralph Macchio. After the timer went off, everyone moved into their literature circles. After just a few minutes though, the bell to lunch rang, and we all waddled off to lunch.
