WARMUP: Open up your writers’ notebook. Freewrite for four minutes about your artifact. If you need a starting place, start with what it means/symbolizes to you.
LEARNING TARGETS: as a result of today’s lesson you will be able to
- Explain how the first vocab unit will work.
- Explain where poets get inspiration
Materials: steve-shilling-buccaneer-poet
ACTIVITIES:
- Launch Vocab Unit
- Read Steve Shilling Buccaneer Poet
HOMEWORK: without losing your focus or wasting time, try to be mindful and NOTICE things that are going on around you in your classes. What is a small moment or “noticing” that you could turn into a poem?
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