Wednesday, February 20, 2019

February 20

IRT: ~20 minutes
WNB: Choose 1 to respond to in your notebook. "A stumble may prevent a fall." or "Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."

I introduced students to spoken word poetry and shared some of my favorites: "Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty, "Hands" by Sarah Kay, and "Friends" by Trent Shelton.

Students explored other performances from TED and chose one to analyze. (Canvas --> Excerpts & Poetry page --> "TED 10 Spoken Word Performances" --> choose 1 and complete the "Spoken Word Response" doc)

Today's Board