Back for the New Year.

The sixth graders started the new year by revisiting questions that all writers should be asking of themselves. Can you see it? Can you hear it? Can you feel it? We looked at Elizabeth Bishop's powerful poem, The Fish, paying particular attention to the imagery. Each student went through the poem and noted when the poet wrote something they could see, hear, or feel. We discussed what it was Bishop did to create such vivid imagery.


Homework:
Read thirty minutes.
Language Arts homework due tomorrow. Read the poems that were given as handouts, look for any images that you can see, hear, or feel, and underline them. We will discuss your annotations tomorrow in class.
Language Arts homework due Wednesday, January 12th. Bring in five words for your spelling quiz. Also bring in five sentences using your spelling words in a way that shows their meaning.
Literature Circle homework due Thursday, January 13th.
Write a book review for your Lit Circle novel. Use book review handout as a resource. Please type your review; 12 point Times Roman, double spaced.