Week of February 25 - March 1

Last week of the Poetry Unit:

ELA poetry practice and reading workshop on Monday

Poetry workshop, annotating poems, "Snow Day" by Billy Collins on Tuesday

Study skills and reviewing for poetry unit test on Wednesday

Poetry review games, BINGO and Around the World on Thursday

Poetry unit test today, Friday

*Read for 30 minutes a night for H.W., work on portfolio #2

New for the Week of February 4-8, 2013

We are introducing an all new poetry unit!!  Tuesday we will examine the basics of rhyming poetry. We will read rhyming poems and be able to identify the rhyming schemes.  Wednesday we will practice writing poetry with rhyme and rhythm. Thursday and Friday we will have a look at structured poems. A couple examples of structured poems are tanka and diamante. Thursday we will read them and on Friday we will practice writing them.

Here is a sneak peak at an example of a rhyming poem:

Our London Trip
 

When you go to London remember to visit the queen.
There will be many beautiful, tall buildings older than you have ever seen.
You will have to eat breakfast, they always serve tea.
But go for the rolls and jam take it from me!
We went there you know, my family and I,
We rode on the top of a red double-decker bus that was ever so high.
At there Tower of London the Crowned Jewels will be there.
The actual rubies and diamonds the queen wore in her hair.
Now for lunch, it is bangers and mash, we ate on the dock.
We needed energy to see our next sight, Big Ben, the clock.
Sherlockís home, the steps of St. Paul's and Westminster Abby.
By now Iím beginning to get crabby.
We hopped on the train
As it started to rain.
The conductor called out " mind the gap."
I thought to myself " London is great, lets call it a wrap!"