Book talk & Indie read.   Continue novel:  The Poet X * (through page 192).

 

Book trailers & Indie read.  Quickwrite #19:  “Afro-Latina” by Elizabeth Acevedo.  Continue new novel:  The Poet X * (through page 148).

 

Read aloud & Indie read.  Continue new novel:  The Poet X * (through page 111).

*with intermission

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #18: picture on board (see Mrs. C for the slide) Continue new novel:  The Poet X (through page 67).

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #17:  “Unforgettable” by Pages Matam, Elizabeth Acevedo, & G. Yamazawa.  Video Intro:  The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.  Begin new novel:  The Poet X (through page 34).

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Upside Down:  calculate and update reading rate.

Set 2 personal reading goals

1. quantity
2. “other” challenge yourself to read outside your comfort zone.

Recap/Review How to Make Blackout Poetry.  More time to create them.  Pick one you like and add it to your notebook – label it “Blackout Poetry.”

Upcoming:  new novel The Poet X

Indie read.  Video: “How to Make a Newspaper Blackout Poem” – Austin Kleon.  Create blackout poetry!  (You’ll need at least 3 that you like).

Have a great weekend & read something awesome!

Book talk & Indie read.  Quickwrite #14:  random pic #.  Upside Down:  Time Audit activity & observations.  Video: Crash Course “How and Why We Read” w/ John Green.

time audit notes screenshot

Upcoming: black-out poetry tomorrow!

Book talk & Indie read.  Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon:  read & write down points 8) “Be Nice (the world is a small town)” 9) “Be Boring (it’s the only way to get work done)” and 10) “Creativity is subtraction”  Quickwrite #16:  Video – “Why Does Music Make You Feel Emotional?”

 

Book talk & Indie read.  Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon:  read & write down points 6) “The Secret: do good work & share it with people” and 7) “Geography is no longer our master”  Quickwrite #15:  Revisit QW #12, #13, & #14 and look at what you wrote about the songs we checked out last week.  What commonalities do you notice?  What do these songs show us about life?  Discuss.

Hint:  We will be writing in-class tomorrow about these thoughts about music and its themes and impacts.

Tomorrow:  the conclusion of Steal Like an Artist.