Mr. Knight's Class

Each student gave a poetry reading today. Wow, they certainly have improved as public speakers and writers!

We used the computer and Imovie to practice for our poetry readings. The exercise helped us see what merits and deficiencies we had as public speakers.

poetry test day

We analyzed and explicated two love poems. We also began initial explications of the test-essay poem, “The Writer.”

We explicated a new poem and then discussed it. We ended the period with a quiz.

We shared our room poems and review new grammar.

We talked about OB and used most of the period to practice figurative language techniques for our poetry.

Monday- room poem (metaphor exercise)
Dog Poem

Tuesday- grammar review, 60 second poem HW “Saturday at the Canal” with explication

Wednesday- “Saturday at the Canal” theme sentence, quiz, discussion HW “Love Poems” explication

Thursday- discussion love poems HW “The Writer”

Friday review for test HW test

Monday TEST HW new IR (free choice), practice poetry reading

Tuesday-grammar review, poetry practice with computers

Wednesday STUDENT POETRY READING

Thursday beginning of TKAM, History, notated reading HW read

Friday: first Tkam quiz

Mr. Muller, upper school English teacher, came to our class and taught a sonnet by Shakespeare.The kids enjoyed meeting and learning with him.

We pictures of our childhood room and used the drawing to stimulate memories and then poetry based on our memories.