A Poem and some choices

LA Blocks C & D

Dear sub and students:

Please begin the day with a Spoken Word poem 

QUESTION FOR BRIEF DISCUSSION:  WHAT MAKES THIS A DYNAMIC SPOKEN WORK POEM?
Think - structure, pace, tone, passion, personal experience, its universality, and the use of poetic/literary devices (creation of rhythm, rhyme, repetition, etc.)

The students are all in different places, doing different projects.  They have 3 choices:

1)    They may use part of the time to organize their Language Arts contribution to their portfolios in preparation for the student led conferences.  All of their LA work is in folders by my desk.

      2)   They must turn in their Humans of AISJ reflective/informational essays on Thursday.  They can use this time to fine-tune their work, which means;

a.     reading the essay aloud to fix any errors in organization and conventions

b.     work with a peer to fine tune the essay based on feedback

c.     They can get feedback from me, but they must send the essay in a MS WORD document because I cannot access their work on One Note from home.  They can send it as an attachment to my email address dmoreau@aisj-jhb.com 

 3) Or, they can work on their poetry packet (they are all at different places), which provides an overview, examples and exercises to better understand the fundamentals of figurative language.  REITERATE the necessity for them to READ EVERY WORD AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE EXERCISES – they must not skip sections as this packet is meant to build on understanding – their ability to do this with or without help will tell alert me to their understanding. They can work with a partner – but they must stay focused.  Don’t hesitate to split up the groups that are fooling around and getting nothing done. As they get into more complicated figurative language, they will have questions – please help as best you can.  Or have them email me.

So, they have work to do and should not waste time.

It is imperative that you walk around and check in with the students so that you:

1.     know what they are doing and their accomplishment goals during class time.

2.     Know they are staying on task and not wasting valuable time.

3.     If they ask to go outside, they must stay within site the classroom for easy check-ins.