First period began another timed writing. When we do the final timed writings about poetry, hopefully the whole process will take one period. For now, we’re going slowly. It’s practice in analyzing poetry as well as preparing to write a test essay cue — PASS preparation, in other words.

Sixth Period at Work

Second and sixth periods finished working with the three poems for figurative language. We looked at three poems: “Concrete Mixers,” “The City is So Big,” and the famous “Harlem Night Song.”

Sixth Period at Work

We’ll begin the timed writing tomorrow, analyzing one of the poem’s use of figurative language.

Sixth Period at Work

Fourth period had the final presentation for the poetry project.

Fourth Period Presenters

The student-teachers lead their colleagues through a look at the following topics:

• exact rhyme
• approximate rhyme
• internal rhyme

We’ll be including this material on the mid-term exam.

Homework

None