Day 71: 1/2/18 - C Day: Editing & Revising Poetry

Happy New Year 6th Graders,      

       As we continue unit 2 we will work on editing and revising poetry as we prepare them for publication. 

                        Thank you ,
                        Mr. Trumble

Class          Time Begin         Time End

Homeroom     10:40             10:50
Block 1           10:51             11:13

Lunch             11:15             11:45

Block 1(cont) 11:50             12:16

Block 2           12:18             1:03

Block 3           1:05               1:50
Block 4           1:52               2:37
Homeroom     2:40               2:50

Special Area   2:50               3:15

Dismissal        3:15               3:25

Do Now: 

• Fill out your Agenda with tonight's Homework
• Get out your ELA notebook and review the poems you wrote before vacation

Homework:

• Finish Editing & Revising your poems.
• Copy them over so that you can type them tomorrow
• Don't forget to bring in treats for the poetry reading on Friday!!!!
• Optional - Design a cover for our anthology of poetry

Anthology of Poetry 

2017 - 2018

Activity #1

Editing and Revising Poetry
I can Edit & Revise my own Poem about War and/or Peace, or Free Verse Poem 

• Standard W6.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Standard W6.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
• Standard W6.5 With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.

Steps to improve your poetry:

(Independently) 15 - 20 minutes

• Read through the poems you wrote over the last two weeks. Choose 2 of them that you would like to edit & revise, or that you would like to develop further. 
• Think about what poetic devices you can add to your poems, and input them where desired. 
• Look for places to add more similes or metaphors.
• Look for places where you can add more adjectives, or where you can create a sense of scene.
• Look for places where you can add the 5 senses, and other forms of figurative language.
• Create line breaks in your poems. Draw / where ever you think you want a line break

(With a writing partner) 15 - 20 minutes

• Share the changes you made.
• Get feedback regarding any additional improvements you can make.

(Independently) 10 - 15 minutes

• Copy over your poems for typing them in the computer lab tomorrow

Optional: If you want you can think of a design for the cover of our book of Poetry. Create a preliminary design on a piece of scrap paper. Then create a final copy on card stock paper. See me to get the card stock. We will be voting on the best design to put on the front cover and the back cover.

*You must put the words "Anthology of Poetry 2018" on the cover. Include your "Block #"

RTI - C Day 1/2/18

Enrichment Projects:

Standards:

RI6.7 - Integrate information presented in different media or formats to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

W6.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience

W6.7 - Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.

W6.8 - Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assessing the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for your sources

Part 1:

Select an aspect of the Great depression to research. 

Some examples include:

• Bank Runs
• Unemployment
• Discrimination
• Breadlines & Soup Kitchens
• Stock Market Crash
• The Dust Bowl
• The Drought
• Hoovervilles
• Hobos
• Orphans
• Herbert Hoover
• The New Deal
• How the Depression effected the rich
• How the Depression effected the poor

Part 2:
Create a visual presentation regarding the information you learned.

Some examples include:

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Poster
• Video
• Song
• Brochure
• Skit
• etc.