Hi Amy. How have you been? It has been a while since our last class together. I hope when I signed into your blog I didn't mess up anything. All of the others required signing in differently. If I need to do something different, let me know.

C u soon.
Rachel Gibson

Supplies

Hope your weekend is going well!!! Students, remember to bring your colored pencils and your permission slips on Monday. We will begin our poetry unit. Groups and jobs will be assigned after the introduction to the unit on Monday. Remember the group work procedures we went over on Friday. The groups will have to work together in creating a lesson on a specific type of poem and will present it to the class on Thursday and Friday. In your presentation be sure to have an example of the type of poem you are presenting. We will work on our presentations Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Remember any questions outside of the classroom can be placed on our classroom blog.

Poetry Unit

This is an overview of the poetry unit we will discuss in class. We will be researching and writing different types of poems. Students will be divided into groups and each person assigned a task in the group. There will be a leader, a note taker, an official questioner (this person will direct group question to the teacher) and a finally, a time keeper. We will be assigning groups and jobs in class on Friday. Each student will be responsible for creating EACH type of poem we study. The groups will research an assigned poetry topic and report to the class. The link (click on the title) will be an excellent place for you to begin learning about poems. If you have any questions feel free to post them on the blog, e-mail me, or ask tomorrow in class. Have a great evening!!