Day 19 A – 10/19/10
· Final drafts due!
· Silent reading – I met with students individually to talk about books
· Making connections between texts, creating spoken word poetry expressing theme of civil disobedience
· We rehearsed our poems as groups before presenting them to the class (I videotaped these)
· Began Latin American unit by assigning countries to be researched (Sign up sheet in the back of the room by the door – DO THIS!) We’ll have the computers on Wednesday to begin research.
· Understanding author’s cultural identity through poetry
· Making interpretations versus literal meaning
· Prereading – our first poem is from a collection of poems titled “My Own True Name” – discussed what this means to students.
· Read “Immigrants” by Pat Mora and annotated. Discussed literal meaning and students’ interpretations
· Worked with a partner to read “A Voice” (page 68) and “Senora X No More” (page 70) answer reading questions (worksheet).
Homework: Finish reading questions and presentations due WEDNESDAY. (Computers Monday)