Today was my turn to keep a log. Others have done newsletters, video, digital storytelling. I chose haiku. The demo today was about technology, so I thought it would be fun to combine the ancient & the modern. I won't share all my little haikus, but I'll include a few.
Journals
Shirley’s reading for the morning journal writing included the memorable line, “you can’t order a poem like you order a taco.”
Fast food poetry
I’ll have a sonnet to go
Yes, I would like fries.
Book talk & discussion
The book talk today was on The Best For Our Children: Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students edited by Maria de la Luz Reyes & John J. Halcon. There was much discussion on the chapter called “Parent Narratives: The Cultural Bridge between Latino Parents & Their Children,” which redefines the notion of “parental involvement” through a culturally specific lens. Lori recommended two books:
More to put on the CBWP library list!
Sacred Writing Time
We had a full hour of very quiet writing time, which was given the above label. I wondered if this might be in response to some of the silliness of last week, a way to help us refocus on the writing.
Liz began by asking us to freewrite on the word “intention” for a couple of minutes, then nearly everyone “popcorned” their response. Liz discussed the mind/body/soul connection involved in writing, and asked us to close our eyes and think about what we have been writing and want to be writing. We then paired up to share our completions for two statements, using a maximum of three sentences: 1) I am writing . . . ; and 2) It’s about . . ..
She shared the story of stealing (oh my!) a clever do not disturb sign from a
Fuggedaboutit
Do not disturb my writing
Lest my words be lost.
1 comment:
keep a log? how does that work?
i remember asking you to send me one of your poems--thru e-m. i will find the one i wrote about my granddaughter and send it to you. :O)
i love the book talk, so did my students. it was also a way of not only learning about literature, but also advertisement of other books they would want to read later!
i love the sacred writing time! as teacher we need to remember this is what students need at least 3 days a week! preferably each day, but we do have time constraints, but never less than 3 days!!
fr's and my students would find their best writing pieces from freewriting. they would find their "seed ideas" from their fw, and then go into the planning stages. believe it or not they loved this time once they learned how to do it (yes, they never heard of it when they came to our classes). we would freewrite with them once they got the hand of it. :O)
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