Acquainted with Poetry...

You guys have ROCKED our intro to the school year and to close reading. I am both excited and impressed. We are in for a GREAT year! 

For a quick update --

This week we finished up our Where I'm From projects, and we spent a bit of time discussing what quality work looks like along the way. We decided that quality work: 

• Shows evidence of time and effort
• Is neat & attractive
• Is though-out and well-reasoned
• Meets all requirements of the assignment
• Is work you can be proud of

From what I've seen of your projects so far, they look like quality. 

Today, we had one final poetry analysis for the week. We read and interpreted Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night" and did a little writing-to-understand activity. 

We also practiced meaningful annotations, and focused in once again on our three close-reading questions: What happened? How did it happen? Why is it important?

According to your learning logs, almost every one of you left class today with a solid understanding of the poem. I call that a win!

Here's hoping for another win tonight! See you at the game!