AGENDA MAy 4-8

Announcements:

Book Posts due on May 6th (Midterm)

4th Quarter School Emphasis -- Be a responsible student and stay up on your work! You can do it!

8th Grade Students will be attending a field trip to The Center for the Arts this Thursday from 12:45-2:00 p.m.

Weekly Homework: Complete your book post.

Monday & Tuesday: (students can bring microwave popcorn for the movie)

Watch Outsiders Movie & discuss book vs. movie

Wednesday: *BOOK POST #1 due!!!*
Begin Poetry Unit:
Define Poetry
1) Mini-Poetry Glossary
2) Venn Diagram: Definition of Poetry
What is it? What does it do? Why do people write it?
3) Billy Collins "Introduction to Poetry"
terms - poetry, prose, meter

Thursday: FIELD TRIP TO CENTER AT 12:45
Shape Poetry
Bronx Masquerade Selection: Zorro p. 22
Diamantes
WNB 13: Create 2 shape poems
terms- concrete poem, poetic license, speaker, connotation, denotation

Friday:
Gary Soto "Oranges"
Association and emotion in poetry
terms - stanza, imagery, simile
WNB 14: Write a memory poem with vivid imagery