1. Supplies you need today: Writer’s notebooks Reader’s notebooks Binders Pens/pencils How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents

2. Agenda 1.Logistics 2.Feedback 3.Poetry Example 4.Poetry work time 5.Poetry workshop 6.Break 7.Sample Annotations 8.Garcia Girls packet; reading time

3. Logistics 1.Extra credit opportunity: Thank you note Su Teatro 2.Honors Students: Permission forms should have been submitted (still accept for ½ credit) Books should be chosen; start to conference with you about them today 3.Deadlines: Today= Socratic Seminar reflection in box 9/30 vocabulary presentation 10/2 US poems presentations

4. Feedback 1.What did you think about Enrique’s Journey? (Be specific!!!) 2.Was it a worthwhile field trip? 3.Do you want to do more field trips? 4.What did you like about the Socratic Seminar? (Be specific!!!) 5.What would you want to change about the Socratic Seminar? (Be specific!!!) 6.What are you enjoying in class? 7.What do you wish we would do differently? 8.Any other thoughts, suggestions or updates?

5. List Poem Format 1.List of specific things you like/dislike about the US 2.Maintains format in each line, often in response to the title 3.One possible format you can use for your US poems

6. Sample US List Poem My Country, Tis of The… Vast mountain ranges, peak tips coated in snow Painful swaths of old growth forest, razed Vibrant city streets with hip hop and jazz and and street art meeting on 29 th and Walnut Stalled traffic on I-25, carbon dioxide plumes spilling over roadways, trapped overhead …

7. Work Time Your job in these: Write or edit your US poem Must be 7 lines or longer Must contain imagery (smell, touch, sound, taste and/or sight) Must be about your relationship with the US

8. Partner Feedback 1.What do you love about this poem? What is “beautiful work”? Why? 2.What is confusing about this poem? What needs refinement? Why 3.HELP YOUR PARTNER WRITE THE BEST POEM POSSIBLE!!

9. Break Time

10. Sample Annotations We will examine sample annotations to understand how to get full points on well- written annotations next time.

11. Garcia Girls: Reading Guide and Group Reading Time