Hello 8th graders,
Welcome to Week 8! It’s been interesting to read your personal definitions of poetry and examples of poetic devices. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about the sample poems I will be sharing soon.
For today, you have three items of your Literature To Do list:
- Daily Reading (20 -35 minutes)
- TEDTalk video and responses (20 – 25 minutes)
- List of 10 things you know to be true (10 minutes or less)
Let’s dive right in!
- Daily Reading (20 -35 minutes)
- Read for 15 to 30 minutes, depending on your weekly reading plan for this week
- Demonstrate thought and effort when filling out your online reading log
- Contact me if you have questions or need some help!
- TEDTalk video and responses (20 – 25 minutes)
- Watch the TEDTalk “Sara Kay: If I should have a daughter…”
- In your notebook or in a Word document, respond to the four questions and prompts below:
- What is special about spoken word poetry? How is it different from other forms of poetry?
- In your own words, what were the three steps of Sarah Kay’s spoken word poetry journey?
- According to Sarah Kay, where do great stories start? What does that mean to you?
- List three benefits of spoken word poetry.
- Submit your responses on the Teams assignment worth 4 points (Notes from “Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter…”)
- List of 10 things you know to be true (10 minutes or less)
- After watching the video above, make your own list of ten things you know to be true
- The assignment is posted on Teams with directions and an example list created by me
- The things you list should be the first ten things that are true for you that pop into your head
- Contact me with any questions.
And that’s everything for today. Have a magical Monday and contact me with any questions!