Thursday, August 15, 2013

"Where I Am From" and "Fireworks" - 8/15/13

Warm Up:
-Students will take he quiz on the poetry devices we have discussed so far

Work Session:
-As a class we will revisit the "Where I am From" poem
-The instructor will build a poem for the class
-Students will transpose the final drafts of their poems on good paper for display
-Students will read their poems for the class
-Students will view "Firework" by Katy Perry and a copy of the lyrics
-Students will identify the sound devices in the song, as well as preliminary media literacy
-Students will receive "Why I Hate Firework" by Brian Poeshn and answer reading comprehension skills
-As a class we will review narrative poetry as discussed earlier this week
-As a class we will read and discuss "Casey at the Bat"
-Students will complete discussion questions based on the poem
-Students will begin foldable booklets in which they storyboard either "Fifteen," "Twister Hits Houston," "The Horses," "The Writer," or "The Raven."

Summarizer:
-Students will continue to work on storyboards.  Whatever is not completed will be assigned as homework tonight

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