Poetry Recitation Assignment

As promised, here is a copy of the assignment from your folder:

Poetry Recitation Assignment

Each student will recite a poem or poems at least one minute and thirty seconds long. Students may read the poem, but they will get extra credit for memorizing or partially memorizing it.

Students may work together, but if two students do a joint recitation, the minimum time is three minutes.

For this assignment, you will need to do the following:

___ Choose a poem and have it approved by Mrs. Garcia
___ Read the poem and make sure you understand it.
___ Practice the poem OUT LOUD and make sure you are using all the recitation skills we’ve learn in class.
___ Time yourself and make sure you are using the right amount of time for your poem.


Poem recitations will begin on Wednesday, March 11.

Here are some websites you might want to use:


http://www.poetry4kids.com/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

http://poetryoutloud.org/

Happy Martin Luther King Day

I hope you are all having a good five-day weekend, thanks to the weather!

I also hope you are all busy reading your new novels and working on your projects. I am busy making up REALLY HARD TESTS for you (just kidding--they are pretty easy, IF you are a careful reader).

I know you all have traditional things that you do on most holidays, but do you have any traditions for Martin Luther King Day? Well, let me suggest one. I think it would be a good tradition to read and/or listen to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech on this holiday. To make it easy for you, I have included a link below. Why not make this a new family tradition?

Have a good day, and stay warm!

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm