Emmett's Fifth Blog

 AGENDA:

take a minute

blog-corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 30

Week 16: QQSL

reader's/writer's workshop

HOMEWORK:

RJ 16.2 iReady 40-45 min + 2 lessons

Write a poem!

Today we came into class, and did our take a minute. Larry read his blog, and when he finished he let Landon choose who to pick. He chose me. We chose the poem "The Laughing Heart" by Charles Bukowski from the poetry packet. We annotated the poem, and Noah gave a strange example for the word "submission." We wrote our poems for the day, and then Lena shared hers. After she read it, she got a lot of applause.

We then got into our song for the week. The song was "Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen. Ms. Nakada wanted us to decide if the artist was happy to be born in USA or not. We decided that he was not happy about it because of the Vietnam War. We wrote our favorite lyrics, then packed up and left.

Larry's Fifth Blog

 Agenda

Take a minute 

Blog Corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 29

Week 16: QQSL

Reader's/Writer's workshop

HW: RJ 16.1 iReady 40-45min 2 lessons, WRITE A POEM!

Everyone walks in, sits down, and gets ready for the class. Lena then starts to read her blog and chooses me! After we finish correcting, Ms. Nakada has us choose a poem for our class to read. We read "A World of Dew" By Kobayashi Issa. Once we finished analyzing the poem we transition into writing our own poems with the prompts: Invent a Word, Felt the Sun, Until "Insert". When we finished that, Ms. Nakada had us do iReady or work on our poems some more. 

We discussed the quote: "If you have the feeling something is wrong, don't be afraid to speak up" by Fred Korematsu. 

The question is: Who do you look to for understanding the difference between right and wrong? 

It is soon ready to leave, everyone packs up, the bell rings, and yay! The day is over saved by the bell!

Lena's Fourth Blog

 Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog Corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 26

Week 15: QQSL Quiz

Reader's/Writer's Workshop

HW

 Write a poem a day!

Make-up iReady

On Friday, I walked into class, got my binder out and wrote down the agenda. The class then realized that I was the last person to do my fourth blog. I, sadly, was made to do the blog, and I will be choosing Larry because he told everyone I hadn't gone. Larry. Then, the class got into writing poems, and we had three minutes to write a poem. My foot also fell asleep. Ms. Nakada then took some progress reports on how our poetry was going.

After that, we listened to Yrsa Daley Ward recite her poem titled: "Poetry" which was about a person's experiences giving them things to write poetry about even when the experience is negative. 

Finally, we took the Week 15 Quiz. At 3:10 we packed up and when the bell rang, we left. 

It won't let me put a photo of the Shadow Wizard Money Gang so please just pretend it's here. 

Landon's Fifth Blog

Agenda

Take a Minute

Blog Corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 25

Week 15: QQSL

Reader's/writer's workshop

Homework: RJ 15.3 Poems and/or iReady

                    We started the class off by writing down in our agendas and taking a minute. After take a minute, Ismael went up to read his blog. After he read his blog, Ismael chose me to read the blog. 

                    While I was getting settled in, Ms. Nakada told us to flip to page thirteen in the poetry packets to read and annotate the poem "To the Young Who Want to Die" by Gwendolyn Brooks. We then started our day twenty-five poems. Then, we transitioned to our week fifteen quote, question, song, and lines and discussed the question How can you develop mental toughness? We also listened to the song, "King of Pain" made by the band called The Police. After listening to the song, we packed up, put the chairs up and then when the bell rang, we left.

Ismael's Fifth Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute 

Blog Correction

Reader's/Writer's Workshop

HW

RJ 15.2 Read/Write a poem-

iReady 40-45 minutes

We started off the day by writing down our agenda and taking a minute. After that, Diana went up to read her blog. Once she was finished she choose me. Then, Ms. Nakada has us pass poetry packets and read "Sorrow Is Not My Name" by Ross Gay. Once we finished annotating we transitioned to writing our poem. After the three minutes were done some people read their poems. Then, we turned to our table of content and week wrote down week 15 Q.Q.S.L. We wrote down our quote by Amanda Gorman

"Do not ignore the pain. Give it purpose. Use it."

The quote was about you can't keep pushing pain away. Use it motivation. The bell rang, we all packed up, put up our chairs, and left.

Diana's Fourth Blog

 Agenda

take a minute 

blog corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 22

Week 15: QQSL

reader's / writer's workshop

HW RJ 15.1 Read / Write a poem - iReady 40-45 minutes

We started off sixth period by taking a minute and writing down the agenda. Afterwards, we opened our poetry packets and Ms. Nakada started to read the poem "Neither Time Nor Grief is a Flat Circle" by Christina Olson. She then gave us three minutes to write a poem with a given prompt. Ms. Nakada then passed around two sheets of paper that talked about the eighth grade calendar and a letter about the eighth grade culmination. We then packed up and left.

Jayden's Fourth Blog

 Take a minute

blog corrections

Napo WriMo Day 19

Week 14 Quiz

Lit. Circles/ Readers Workshop

The class started off the day by taking a minute to regroup and be ready to work. Then, Leah read her blog and she chose me. I went up and got situated to write my blog. The class got into writing our poems if we weren't finished. I wasn't finished, so I wrote some poems. After, we got into taking our quiz, and then when the class finished, all of us got into our literature circles. We all packed up and left. 

Leah's Fourth Blog

Agenda

take a minute

blog corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 18

Week 14: QQSL

lit. circles / reader's workshop

HW: RJ 14.4 iReady 2 lessons - 40-45 min.

Read & Write a poem.

We started off class by taking a minute. Then, Noah read his blog and chose me. We read "Legal Alien" by Pat Mora. We took a few minutes to write our poems, and then we went over our project. We got into Reader's Workshop, and then we packed up and left.

Noah's Fifth Blog

Agenda

Take A Minute

Blog Corrections

NaPoWriMo

Week 14: Q-Q-S-L

Lit. Circles/Readers Workshop

Homework

RJ 14.3

I Ready 2 Lessons

Read and Write a Poem

We walked in the classroom and got ready for class. William read his blog and then chose me. Ms. Nakada fixed the blog with the class, and we transitioned to reading a poem. We read "The Power of a Gun" by Tupac Shakur. Afterwards, we started writing our poems. We then read the poem "I'm Going Back to Minnesota Where Sadness Makes Sense" by Danez Smith. We then talked about it, and after, we got in to literature circles. Then, we packed up and left.

William's Fourth Blog

Agenda

Take a minute

Blog corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 16

Week 14 Q.Q.S.L

Lit. circles / reader's workshop

H.W RJ 14.2 iReady 2 lessons - 45 mins

read and write a poem

Today we all started class by arriving to class and writing down the agenda and taking a minute. Then, Genesis read her blog and chose me to write my blog, but, the thing is, I wanted to do my blog today because it was a short day. After I got to the desk we started to read a poem named "Toy Boat" for Tamir Rice by Ocean Vuong. Then, we pulled out our English notebooks and talked about what the poem is about. Next, we wrote our own poems after the timer went off Aaron shared his poem. Then, we turned to our Q.Q.S.L and listened to the song of the week "Only Happy When It Rains" by Garbage and after listening to the song we talked about what the song means. Then, we all packed up and left.

Genesis' Fourth Blog

 Agenda 

Take a Minute 

Blog Corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 15 

Week 14: QQSL

Lit Circles / Readers Workshop

HW: RJ 14.1 IReady 2 lessons 40 - 45 minutes, Read and Write a poem

       Class began, and we wrote the agenda for the day, and then the class read a poem "Before" by Ada Lamon, and had a discussion about the poem. After that, the class wrote a poem, and some shared theirs. Then, the class discussed the quote of the week, and answered the question of the week. 

Quote: "Water does not resist. Water flows. [...] Dripping water wears away stone. [...] Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does." Margaret Atwood

Question: What do test reveal/not reveal about student learning?

Then, the class went into literature circles, the bell rang, and the class went home.

Ulises's Fourth Blog

 Agenda:

Take a minute 

Blog corrections 

NaPoWriMo day 11

Week 13 quiz 

literature circles 

HW: Write a poem a day 

The bell rang. We walked into Ms. Nakada's class and sat down. Ms. Nakada put the video to take a minute. People got their binder reminders and wrote down the agenda. Ms. Nakada gave the whole class three minutes to write a poem. Then, Ms. Nakada asked students how many poems do we have. Soon after Ms. Nakada announced that we are going to do the week thirteen quiz. After the whole class has finished taking the week thirteen quiz, people got into their literature groups. Finally, we packed up and left. 

Emmett's Fourth Blog

 AGENDA:

Take a Minute

Blog-Corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 10

Week 13: QQSL

Literature Circles

Homework

iReady (2 lessons/45 min)

Read/Write a poem a day

We started off class louder than usual, and made our way to our seats. We listened to the Head Space meditation as the take a minute, and then Dani read her blog. She told me the day before that she wasn't going to choose me, but she did anyway. We read the poem "wishes for sons" by Lucille Clifton, and discussed the topic. After that, we started writing our own poems for the day. The prompts were ars poetica, a list of hexes/curses, and "___ better." Some people shared their poems, and the fire alarm rang. As soon as we made it outside, we had to go back to class. We got out our English notebooks and worked on QQSL Week 13. We discussed the song of the week "Garden Song" by Phoebe Bridgers. We wrote our favorite lyrics and what the song meant.

We went over the lines, "There Are Birds Here" by Jamaal May, and that the speaker was looking for positive things and "they" were looking for negatives. We were interrupted by the bell, and we quickly packed up and left.

Dani's Fourth Blog

 AGENDA

Take a minute

Blog corrections

NaPoWriMo Day nine

Week 13: QQSL

Literature circles

HOMEWORK

iReady (two lessons/45 minutes) 

Read/Write a poem a day

We started off sixth period by settling into our seats and copying down the agenda into our binder reminders. Then, Ms. Nakada started take a minute. After, Emmett read Heber's blog and chose me to do the blog next. We then pulled out our English journals, and started NaPoWriMo Day nine. Once we finished, we continued our QQSL, and went over this week's song, "Garden Song" by Phoebe Bridgers. Finally, the bell rang, and we all packed up and left.

Heber's Fourth Blog

 Agenda:

take a minute

blog - corrections

NaPoWriMo Day 8

week 13: QQSL

Literature circles

HW:

iReady (2 lessons/45 min.)

Read/write a poem a day.

We started off the day by taking a minute, and then Aaron started reading his blog. After that, Aaron chose me to write the blog. After a little while of the class just talking, Ms. Nakada pointed out how nobody helped her correct the blog. Next, we started reading the poem by William Carlos Williams, "This is Just to Say." After we finished reading, we started writing our own poem, and updated our NaPoWriMo chart. After that, we moved on and started on our QQSL. We started off with the quote, "Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity to our existence." by Audre Lorde. Next, we began writing and discussing about the question of the week, "Who are you as a person and a poet?" Finally, we moved to our literature circles, discussed about our books, and then packed up and left.

No way guys, it's -Aaron's Fourth Blog-!!! (because of course)

AGENDA

Take a minute
blog corrections
Week 12 QQSL
NaPoWriMo Days 2-7
Book Projects - Week 12 Quiz

HW:

Write a poem a day
Complete make-up work
(iReady)

    Hey guys, welcome back to my blog. It's gonna be exactly like all the other ones. So aaaaaaaaaaanyway, We started by going into class like we usually do (you know, the average) and we settled down to our seats. It was a Friday! (this is your cue to clap.) We wrote in our binder reminders and all that jazz. Blah blah blah, Ms. Nakada handed us some book project slips n' stuff and we started to take a minute.

    Something fell which made a loud sound. Ms. Nakada has explained a metal bar was protecting us and there's some water damage or something? I wasn't really paying attention. Our prompts for the poem writing of April was "a Missing Person Report," "MONSTER SELF CARE," and "tell ____" (that's how it was written). There was some tension in the class because 'person called person' a monster when Ms. Nakada told us the poem prompt. The class discussed the prompts of day six and seven which was over the weekend. Ms. Nakada had us open our Chromebooks so then we could do the week twelve quiz. Apparently, Ms. Nakada said it was supposed to be easy, so she didn't allow us to do a retake.

    After we were done with the quiz 'n' everything, Ms. Nakada had us do unfinished work like the two lessons and 45 minutes of iReady. I'm sitting here on the table, and oh hey there's a drawing on the wall. It's pretty cool. Oh, whoops, I'm just talking or would it be typing? Ah, well. It felt extremely stretched out doing nothing here while just typing the blog. Ms. Nakada told us to pack up, so we did. The (very bad and it should go back to the old) bell rang, and Ms. Nakada let us leave.

Jerry's Fourth Blog

 Agenda

take a minute

blog corrections

Week 12 QQSL

NaPoWriMo Day 4

Literature Circles

HW

RJ 12.3 iReady(2 lessons & 45 minutes) Read/Write 1 poem

Book Projects due Friday

    We started off the day by writing down the agenda and taking a minute. Then, we got reminded that our book project was due Friday by Ms. Nakada. After that, we passed out the poem packets and chose the poem "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman. The poem is written to celebrate the victory of the Civil War and mourn the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. After we analyzed the poem, we wrote it down in our reading journals and started writing our poem of the day. The prompts given were belly-laugh, something lost, and a mistake. Ms. Nakada took note of our progress on the wall after we wrapped up and shared our writings. Then, we flipped to our QQSL and glued in the lines.

The lines of the week were: "Because You Asked about the Line Between Prose and Poetry" by Howard Nemorov. It used the comparison of rain and snow to show the difference of prose and poetry and that you can tell their difference by just looking.

After that, we moved into our literature circles groups to check in with our members. Finally, we packed up and left.

Ellie’s Fourth Blog

Agenda:

Take a minute

Blog corrections

Week 12: Q.Q.S.L

NaPoWriMo Days 1/2

Literature circles

Homework:

RJ 1.2 iReady (2 lessons)

Read/Write 1 poem

BOOK PROJECTS DUE FRIDAY

We walked into class and wrote in our binder reminders. Yaretzi read her blog, and then chose me. Then, we read a poem for National Poem Writing Month. After that, we wrote our own poems. Then, we wrote down the quote of the week: "If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry" by Emily Dickinson. We talked about how she might mean poetry should be mind-blowing. The bell rang, and we left.