Rattlebone/Scholastic

AGENDA:

Bellwork:  http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=runons-comma-splices-fragments

Work on Rattlebone stories.  FINISH Rattlebone study guide.

Enter Scholastic contest (for extra credit, check with Ms. Gamzon first).

Holiday poems:
http://academyofamericanpoets.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/y/041331C2626765CE/8A266D50296CA4D3A29558A201773426

What does HOAR mean?

WORK ON SHORT STORY.

Rattlebone/Short story/Movies

AGENDA:

GRAMMAR: Bell work exercise

The Creation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuRWBpJHjhk 

Lift Every Voice and Sing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyS3HPInHtI 

http://www.shmoop.com/lift-every-voice-and-sing/meaning.html


Continue with this week's projects--Rattlebone discussion, presentation of movies, and work on short story

Contests: Sokol, Gannon, Scholastic!.

Poetry movies/Rattlebone

AGENDA:

GRAMMAR:  Diagnostic Test sentences

Poetry movie presentations:
Save your movies on the flash drive: Choose Save movie/Burn to DVD, turn them into windows movie files (wmv)
Present to class

Rattlebone:  Go over study guides with reading groups.  Share thoughts and observations about the chapters

Scholastic Art &Writing awards: Register online, check with Ms. Gamzon to upload a flash fiction, short story, or poem


RATTLEBONE WRITING ASSIGNMENT:After reading Rattlebone by Maxine Clair, write a short story (at least 4 pages, double-spaced, 12 point font) that uses setting and time in American history as background for a "coming of age" story with a young protagonist.  Your story should reveal the impact this important event has on the protagonist.

Do research on your important "historical" event to provide accurate details in your story.

If you have an idea for the story, speak to Ms. Gamzon about it.  If you are looking for an idea, start with your own birthday and look it up in "This Day in American History."

Rattlebone discussions/Poetry "movies"

AGENDA:

In groups, discuss the questions on the Rattlebone handout.
How are the stories interconnected with characterization, setting, and plot?
Why does Maxine Clair use multiple perspectives to tell certain stories?
Is Irene the protagonist?
How is Rattlebone her coming of age story?

Continue to work on Poetry "movies".  Presentations.

HMWK: Finish Rattlebone for Monday.

Scholastic Art and Writing:
http://www.artandwriting.org/
SOTA, 45 Prince Street, Rochester, NY  14607

Poetry slideshow continued

AGENDA:

Continue to work on your poetry movie project.

If you have finished the project, please check it for timings and clarity of images and text.

Then, finalize your project by sharing or exporting it as an mp4.

Last, but not least, post on the blog a paragraph about your interpretation of the poem.
Answer the following questions:

Why did you select this particular poem to interpret in Moviemaker?

What specific choices did you make about the text, the imagery, the figurative language (metaphors, similes, personification, etc.) and why did you select the music to set the mood/tone of the poem?

CONTESTS:
Go to Scholastic Art & Writing to find out about the writing contest--Due Dec. 17

HMWK: For Thursday, finish reading Rattlebone and the study guide for discussion after we finish poetry presentations.

Poetry in Movie Maker

AGENDA:

Animated poetry:

Go to www.loc.gov/poetry/180


Select a poem to "animate" (shorter poems work best).


HMWK:  Continue reading Rattlebone    ("Roomers"  "A Most Serene Girl" "Great War" "Secret Love") for discussion on Mon. Dec. 1--
and work on your study guide for Rattlebone!!

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving week!

Coffeehouse Readings/Mango Street Projects

AGENDA:

WRITE: Writing for Self-Discovery
 "My First SOTA Coffeehouse"  Nonfiction Reflection
(personal narrative)
Write a one page personal narrative about your experience at the Coffeehouse for your portfolio.
What were your expectations about this event?  Any fears about public speaking?
Was the rehearsal classes helpful?
Why did you select the pieces you read?
What did you think about other readers?
What was your overall feeling about the event and how you "performed"?
What did you "discover" about yourself?


DISCUSSION of Coffeehouse Readings

WRITERS CIRCLE: Share vignettes from Mango Street projects

HMWK:  READING:  Continue reading Rattlebone and work on study guide