Happy New Year!
As you can see, I am trying out blogger.com for our English blog. Though I lose some aesthetic control, it is a bit more convenient than the program I have been using and also will allow more of a dialogue via the comments option. Hopefully this will work out well.
We have been hard at work on our nonfiction projects as of late. Students have done an impressive amount of research on their topics and have found some interesting information. They also had a chance to interact with specialists in their field of study through their interviews. Overall, I'm excited about how the projects are turning out and am looking forward to seeing the final products.
In a neat twist, students are also making poetry out of their nonfiction research. So far, they've created a "blackout poem" in which they “blacked out” words and phrases in their research articles, leaving only the most emotive words. These came together for a creative fusion of nonfiction and poetry. They are also working on new list poems for their topics as well as on poems that incorporate figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and alliteration). Look back for examples of student poetry in the next week or so!
