October 18 - B DAY

·      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 TUESDAY.