1. Monday, April 28, 2014 Essential Question: What strategies do good readers use to understand text? How can I meet my AR goal and enjoy what I’m reading at the same time?

2. Monday, April 28, 2014 Agenda WN: What’s the best book you have read all year? Write up what you would say for a book talk…we might ask you to create a video of your book talk if it’s good enough! Library Day – Be sure to bring your books! Last AR Deadline for the year – Friday, May 16 th Non-fiction AR test due by next Monday!

3. Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Objectives: Poetry Essential Question: What strategies can we use to write an effective poem? WN: Do students cheat much in school? Without using any names, explain in detail.

4. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Agenda Share your poems that you’ve written so far…Poetweet, Twaiku, Last AR Deadline for the year – Friday, May 16 th Begin writing your I Am poems (handout) – due Friday WN: Do students cheat much in school? Without using any names, explain in detail.

5. Wednesday, April 30 th, 2014 In Writer’s Notebook, respond to the following: “Lives of great men all remind us/We can make our lives sublime./And, departing, leave behind us/Footprints on the sands of time.” Objectives:R.9.6.5) Generate and define questions related to universal themes to interpret meaning; (R.9.8.7) Connect own background knowledge to make inferences; (R.10.8.6) Read a variety of literature, including plays; (R.10.8.7) Evaluate the credibility of the narrator; Essential Question: What strategies do good readers use to understand text?

6. Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Agenda WN – You’ve only a few weeks left of school for this year…what do you want to accomplish? What could you do to make the last few weeks count? Study the poem “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer Assign to memorize and recite to Mrs. Hull by May 19 th Write Phone Number poem (counting syllables again!)

7. Thursday, May 2, 2013 Objectives: Elements of Poetry – stanza, rhyme, scheme, end rhyme; Purpose of poetry – gain info., solve problems, or to enjoy and appreciate; Describe mental images that text descriptions evoke; Read classic and contemporary works Essential Questions: What is the purpose of listening to poetry? What is the purpose of writing poetry?

8. Thursday, May 1, 2014 Agenda WN: Check out the topics for your last month of school! Write on one listed and get a bingo this month! Begin Poetry Project today – introduce what we are going to do and share the rubric. Assign to write Sensory poem *PreAP – begin researching poets on your own. Be ready to decide who your favorite poet is that we’ve read in class or that you have researched on your own.

9. Friday, May 3, 2013 Objectives: Elements of Poetry – stanza, rhyme, scheme, end rhyme; Purpose of poetry – gain info., solve problems, or to enjoy and appreciate; Describe mental images that text descriptions evoke; Read classic and contemporary works Essential Questions: What is the purpose of listening to poetry? What is the purpose of writing poetry?

10. Friday, May 3, 2013 Agenda WN: Who told you that you couldn’t, and you really wanted to prove them wrong? Write about it. I AM poem due today! Assign to write Strike Out poem – due Monday *PreAP – sign up next Tuesday for your POET of choice…for your Poet Research Project Choose from the list given (posted on our class webpage)