Wow. I have no good excuses for why I have not posted in such a long time. I will simply update and bring you up to speed with what has been happening in English. My students and I have been working very hard to learn the ins and outs of poetry. Things such as similes, metaphors, personification, and many other topics and types of poetry.
We have had the opportunity to listen to tons of music and identify figurative language. The students recently completed found headline poems. If you have never seen one or heard of this type of poetry, you are missing out on a very creative form of poetry. The students cut 100 or so words from magazine and newspaper headlines and then use those words to create a poem of their own. Some of the kids have some AMAZING poetry. My hope is to ask some of them if it would be okay for me to upload them to this blog and share.
Our next project allowed students to analyze the lyrics to one of their favorite songs. They wrote an analysis and labeled figurative language in the song. This project required students to use prior knowledge acquired this marking period. I love to read the responses to the theme of the lyrics that the students write, the responses of the kids always amaze me.
This week, the students worked on a "Pick Your Own Poetry" project. Each student created a poetry portfolio full of poems that they wrote about the Fall or Halloween. The culminating activity for the Poetry unit will be a Poetry Reading in the library this Tuesday. All parents and school staff are welcome to attend. There will be refreshments and each student will be sharing their portfolios with the class. Please join us if you can, we would love to have you there!
