Tuesday,+May+3

Bellwork:
Website to explore "Children in the Ghetto". Explore the street. Each link at the bottom gives tons of information, accounts, videos, and artwork about the particular aspect of life in a Jewish ghetto. Click on "Wings of Imagination" to read poetry and a journal entry from children confined in the Jewish ghettoes.

Look at the Holocaust images. In your writer's notebook in the Observations section, write down your reactions to what you observe in the pictures and read on the website.

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Read "The Butterfly" by Pavel Friedmann Discuss as a class. Why did the butterfly become a symbol for children during the Holocaust?

Mini Lesson: Rhythm, Rhyme, and Poems
Watch the slideshow on SlideShare. Take notes as we go. Make sure to KEEP up with your handouts and notes. You will need them to review for your poetry test next week!

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Homework/Practice: Writing Poetry
Choose 2 poetry forms that we just reviewed. In remembrance of the Holocaust, I want you to write 2 original poems in 2 of the forms found in the slide show over the subject of Humanity. Poems that do not have length requirements should be at least 2 stanzas long.

Post these on your blog with the tag "poetry." Link the blog posts to the discussion board.

==== Need some inspiration? Check out the lyrics to "Where is the Love" by the Black Eyed Peas.====

Homework
thINK for this quarter is due on Wednesday, May 11th. It should be about a poem or song. Make sure that it is revised and edited, posted on your blog, and linked to the thINK discussion board!

Use the provided outline and checklist!

How are you doing on journaling? Remember that you need to turn in journals as soon as you have 3 books journaled. You should have at least 15-20 GOOD entries that address every LOT #.

Remember to review your books on Goodreads.com! Set up a 4th quarter shelf and put this on your blog.

Test on Poetry next week! Check out the study guide!