Wednesday
12/09/09
10:43-11:32- About 50 minutes
1&2 Lesson Focus: What should I be looking for in my free read?
What type of notes work best for you?

1. Free read (20 minutes)
2. Begin reading “The Gift of the Magi” choose your own notes (30 minutes)
Homework: Finish “The Gift of the Magi”

12:07-12:30- about 23 minutes
4th: What are concrete poems?
1. Finish your concrete poem
Homework: none

12:34-12:59 (period 5 about twenty minutes)
1:37-1:58 (period 6 about twenty minutes)
5&6 Lesson Focus: What are hyperboles?
1. Free Read (twenty minutes)
2. “Sick” http://www.archive.org/details/sickByShel
3. Underline 5-6 of the hyperboles
4. Write your own “Excuses” poem
- 10 lines
- 3 examples of hyperboles
- rhyming
Homework: Finish your “Excuses” poem