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.