Agenda+&+Homework

=Daily Agenda & Homework =

//* Parents, please check the daily agenda and homework//, //but please also check your child's folder and sign. The agenda is a very ambitious, and what we can't finish will just go on to the next day, but it's a start.//

morning work time to finish book, copy, record on wikispace and voicethread after recess: party, get books, hopefully have enough time to read (I hope)
 * Day Ten - last day!! 6/25/08 Wednesday**

Today is crunch day! 2 mini lessons on poetry forms: personification poem and shake up a word poem rubric agreements (or how do we grade poems?) Computer time: work so that we have: 3 final pieces poems on the wikispace blurbs on each poem that talk about what makes the poem worth reading start recording on voicethread. Ho'olohe: poems by students "two" by Ann Iwashita; "Summer Camp Days" by Ryan Nakamoto; "When I was Young Living in Kalihi" by Carolyn Balon; "Buckwheat" by Raynette Kodama Ho'opili: • QW: Choose a beginning from one of the pieces • Prompt of the day: your choice Ho'ohana: line breaks using found words computer time 1st draft of **third** poem
 * Day Nine 6/24/08 Tuesday**
 * Day Eight 6/23/08 Monday**
 * Ha'awina ho'iho'i:**

Ho'olohe: more heart writing pieces Ho'opili: • QW: Another in your heart • Prompt of the day: I noticed that Ho'ohana: • Author's chair • Craft lesson: line breaks using found words • Computer time Revise piece #2
 * Day Seven 6/20/08 Friday**
 * Ha'awina ho'iho'i (homework)**

Ho'olohe: "Waimaka" by Hina Kahanu "The Sting of a Clear Jellyfish" by Noelle Kahanu "Redrawing the Big Island" by Jeanne Kawelolani Kinney Ho'opili: • QW: In my heart • Prompt of the day: The title should be. . . • Heart draw Mini lessons: Kuisa elbow group Ho'ohana: computer work - type out revision 1 Draft poem #2 your choice Finish heart metaphor
 * Day Six 6/19/08 Thursday**
 * Ha'awina ho'iho'i** (homework):

Ho'olohe: "Yarn Wig," "Lickens," "Boss of the Food" by Lois Ann Yamanaka Ho'opili: • QW : siblings • Prompt of the day: one suggestion I have. . . Mini lessons: "You can't write a poem about McDonald's" by Ronald Wallace "My Room" by Joe Powning "Patterns" by Anne Atwell Mc-Leod (We're using this poem and "My Room" for our poetry elements open-notes quiz tomorrow)
 * Day Five 6/18/08 Wednesday**
 * Homework: Using what we talked about today on "what do good poets do?" and using your revision reminders bookmark, revise one piece of your choice.

Day Four 6/17/08 Tuesday** Today we have a guest poet! Mrs. Morrison is a published poet and a teacher at Volcano School of Arts. She also was a teacher with Poets in the Schools. Our agenda will be different today since she'll be here after recess, so computer time will be in the morning with author's chair and the craft lesson on poetic elements.

Ho'olohe: Parents • "Tongue" by Juliet Kono • "Da Glove" by Eric Chock • "Childhood Memories" by Wing Tek Lum • "Late Praise" by Juliet Kono Ho'opili: •Quickwrite (add to chart) • Pair-share with prompt of the day (The center of gravity of this piece is. . .) • Author's chair Ho'ohana: • Ha'awina -- craft: marrow words with charts • Ha'awina -- style: list poem using sponge activity • Ha'awina -- computer recording of mo'okuauhau Ha'awina ho'iho'i (homework): • Draft of poem 1 using marrow/sponge words (any topic, including qw topics)
 * Day Three 6/16/08 Monday**

Ho'olohe: •"Dichotomy" by Kealoha • "Recess" by Kealoha Ho'opili: • Quickwrites (see chart in the student daily folders for topics) • Pair share with prompt of the day (The imqage/word I liked was__ because. . .) • Author's chair Ho'ohana: • Practice mo'okuauhau, record on voicethread (voicethread.com) • Upload a generic photo until a family photo can be uploaded Homework • one family picture • sponge exercise in your wahi pana
 * Day Two 6/13/08 Friday**

Introductions/Class Environment building • Snowball • One-minute partner interviews • 2 truths and 1 lie Ho'olohe: modeling the kinds of writing we'll be doing • "My Name" by Sandra Cisneros • "Choosing My Name" by Puanani Burgess • "When I was young on an island" by Hina Kahanu Ho'opili: imitate the type of writing in their technique and/or topic • Quickwrite (3 minutes) - ask students what the rules of quickwrites (QW's) are • Pair-share with prompt of the day (I want to know more about. . .) Ho'ohana: work time • Computer set up • return personal information form • return technology form • mo'okuauhau
 * Day One 6/12/08**
 * Homework:**
 * • return daily folder**