Poems of Childhood

1) Response to "Stupid Stuff" due.

2) Independent Novel Study suggestions - library to take out...

3) Close your eyes... do you remember... (a meditation?)

4) Poems of Childhood and http://www.favoritepoem.org/videos.html

5) Group work

Into the Wild - Into Poetry

1) Creative Projects for The Kite Runner Due

2) Self Assess and Submit. (Copies of Rubric)

3) Wild - connotations? Poetry - connotations?

4) Poetry Unit Outline
5) Tara, this is stupid stuff! And Questions to Ask of a Poem.
6) Review literary response style... response due tomorrow.
Tomorrow: Library to get independent novel study. Another two poems. Another written response.

Review

1) Round Robin: What will you most remember about this novel?
What have you learned from this novel?

2) Review Sheet and Ch 20 - 25 Q's

3) Time for Creative Projects

Tuesday - work day for projects

Wednesday - Test (MC, Short Answer and Written Response)

December!

1) Advent Calendar (Yes. I am still 5 years old way, way underneath...)

2) Winter Tale Voting and Winner

3) Reading/Discussion of The Kite Runner
Why do people sometimes want to die?
Ugh.
Tough question. Important question.

4) Creative and Visual Projects - tour of Wordle - samples of PostSecret (Library?)
Time to work.

Skateistan

SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo.

Push to the Finish of The Kite Runner

1) Silent Reading - (up to 317 was assigned)

2) Reading out loud - Chapter 23 cont'd

3) Creative and Visual Project

4) Upcoming - Review class, Test Day, Movie Days and new unit...  poetry and independent novel study!

Are you genuine?

1) You are an iceburg. Look at the image. What do you notice? How is this like you?

2) Groups - what does this quote mean to you? How does it relate to the novel? "There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls." ~Howard Thurman

3) Read the rest of Chapter 20. Discuss.

4) Winter Tales entries - our own contest... winner gets 100% on the story and a GIANT chocolate bar.

5) Time to work on journal entries, comprehension questions.

Homework: cry for me while you have a day off... and finish the next two sets of comprehension questions. You should have at least 13 journal entries by now too.