Below is a link to my poetry assignment. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed teaching and writing it with my students. poetry-assignment
Archive for My Journal
Multigenre Project
April 9, 2008 was the night we, the students presented our multigenre projects to our classmates. That night we shared a bit of ourselves, we learned a lot about various topics/subjects we didn’t know about, and we laughed and cried together. It was an incredible evening. Below is an interpretive dance. I created, what I thought was a dance to show the dysfuntion; struggles; overcoming; and praises of Donnie McClurkin’s life. This was my first attempt of trying to do an interpretive dance….so as you view it…..go easy on me!!
Dance Recital
Last night my daughter and I attend a liturgical dance recital last night. It was absolutely wonderful. The recital was held at South Tryon Comunity Church here in Charlotte. There were lots of talented young ladies dancing. I was thrilled to be a part of it. I’m glad my daughter invited me to go along. Seeing them dance and minister the way they did, continues to give me hope about our children…..the future. They did an outstanding job.
Tonight’s class
I thought tonight’s class was awesome. It was very informative. I was glad to see that my colleagues were just as excited and interested in wordless pictures as I am. Of course Dr. Frye brought her endless ball of energy into the class as well. At one point I was sold on introducing and teaching the multigenre project to my student, as an end of the year project. But now since reading the articles on wordless books written by authors Reese and Cassady, I’m not quite sure. I now may introduce and teach wordless picture books. WOW! What a dilemma to have…multigenre or wordless picture books?
All this week our students have been taking the mock EOG’s. This is a very draining time for them. I know they feel totally exhausted; therefore I don’t give a lot of homework during this week. I really feel bad for my students. The fact that they have to be able to retain and recall facts. They have all worked very hard, and I’m proud of them. I hope they all achieve a level III or IV.
Multigenre project
I’ve been researching, reading, and learning lots of interesting facts about Donnie McClurkin. I’ve decided to create an interpretative dance, as one of my genres, to help show the struggle, pain, and praise Donnie has endured and overcome.
