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Post date: Dec 29, 2016 7:4:56 PM
Tuesday, January 3
Schools Closed for Students - Cultural Competence Staff Development
Wednesday, January 4
Schools Closed for Students - Teacher Workday
Thursday, January 5 - Second semester and third nine weeks begin
Library Orientation with Mrs. Bell
Quick review of classroom procedures
Video Attention Grabber:
Kid President - Awesome Year Challenge
Kid President - Letter to the Future
Lesson Focus: Poetry Review - Greeting a New Year
Poetry Reading: “Ring Out, Wild Bells” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
We will identify the following elements in the poem: rhyme scheme, personification, repetition.
Complete the comprehension questions
Write a six-word theme statement for the poem
Writing Assignment: Poem inspired by “Ring Out, Wild Bells” in journal (SOL 8.7 e) - this will be a very open-ended activity. Using Tennyson’s poem as a model, please write a poem of at least seven lines about what you want to “ring out” and “ring in” in the year 2017. You may use a similar structure to Tennyson’s poem, or you may choose to write in another poetic form, such as an acrostic. Use rhyme and repetition.
Friday, January 6
Report Cards
Everyday Edit: Martin Luther King Jr.
Classroom Procedures Kahoot
Lesson Focus: Formal and Informal Messages
We will look at a variety of messages about the new year (see links in Google Classroom) and compare their style - formal or informal. Examples:
New Year's blessings from religious leaders - Huffington Post
Poetry Reading: “Poets to Come” by Walt Whitman
We will identify the following elements in the poem: free verse, point of view
Complete the comprehension questions
Write a six-word theme statement for the poem
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