Monday, September 17, 2012

September 17, 2012.

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Hey North House! This is Darlene Dela Rosa and I am the blogger for this week. Here’s what the schedule looked like today, Sept. 17.
·      SSR
·      POL Rehearsal
·      Workshop

POL Rehearsal

We were given 15 minutes to practice our poems with a partner. We were told to tell our partners if they have spinach in their teeth. What I mean by that is basically laying out the truth with their performance. If it was perfect then we were allowed to say so. If it wasn’t, then we had to tell them what they needed to work on. Whether it was their voice and articulation or dramatic appropriateness, we had to be blunt. This exercise was designed to help your partner improve their grade tomorrow.

Workshop

At 8:45, we began our timed writing/writing workshop. We were given 30 minutes to write a personal narrative based on a topic of our choice. We wrote our piece in our composition books as A#10 Writing Workshop.

After our time was up, Austin was chosen to get feedback from the class regarding her essay. This feedback was also logged in our composition books as A#11 Writing Feedback. Some feedback the class came up with include:
·      Bobbie said that the rhetorical questions and sarcasm added character to her essay.
·      Emma said that variation of sentence length lacked and would enhance her essay. She also said that she had a good usage of vocabulary. There were big words in the essay, but the message that Austin was trying to convey came across without confusing her readers.
·      Mrs. Ortega described that Austin’s voice was very evident in her essay. In other words, her essay had voice.

REMINDER: Tomorrow is the official Poetry Out Loud recitation, which will be held during 2nd block in Ortega’s room. “Fire and Ice” is strictly prohibited if you haven’t caught that already.  Make sure to bring a printed copy of your chosen poem to receive full credit tomorrow. This will make it easier to check your accuracy, which counts for 8 points of your overall Poetry Out Loud grade.




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