Opinion #5 & Shakespeare's Language

We had our final opinion poll today, and then spent a bit more time on Shakespeare's syntax. In a couple classes, we had a quick look at this websites as well: http://www.cableplays.org/shakespeare/

Opinion #4 & Word Presentations

Today, after sharing our pocket poems, we did the 4th opinion poll and presented words for the word wall.

Opinions, Words, and Syntax

We began the day with our third opinion poll, finished up the word wall activity (which we will present tomorrow), and then moved on to a bit of practice with Shakespeare's syntax.

Opinions & The Word Wall

After our second opinion poll (at Google Classroom), we started and nearly finished the word wall project.

Hello Shakespeare, My Old Friend

We just scratched the surface of our look at Shakespeare today, going over the unit objective and our feelings about Shakespeare generally. We wrapped up with a quick opinion poll and discussion.

Have a Great Break!

After a short poetry terms quiz, students had the remainder of the period to finish up their various poems, clean up their writer's notebook, and start polishing up their favorite poem. Students handed in writer's notebooks on the way out the door.

Thursday, 4/13

Today we explored free verse poetry, writing our own or with a bit of help from the authors we've read this year.

Wednesday, 4/12

Today, after a short poetry terms review quiz, we continued our sonnet work with students trying their hand at writing their own sonnets.

Pop Sonnets & Shakespeare

We began the day looking a couple of Pop Sonnets (Google it) and then studied Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18."

Poems: Sonnets

Today we looked a couple of sonnets.

Poetry: Limericks

Today, in addition to reflecting on personal narrative grades and quarter grades, we spent the period on limericks.

Poetry: Haikus

Today we began with a quick review of poetic terms, shared some late personal narratives, and the wrote and shared a whole bunch of haikus.

New Seats & Narratives

Today we got new seats, did the Q3 discussion rubrics, and finished up some personal narrative sharing.