Jack's First Blog

 Agenda:

Take a minute

Blog/Corrections

Week 6: Lines

School Trip ACE

Reader's/Writer's workshop

HW: Read another 100 pages of a book of your choice by Monday 9/22.

I walked into class on time after the chaotic fire drill and sat down.

Immediately after everyone was seated, Ms. Nakada played the take a minute of the week. After that, Rahm read his incredibly long blog to the class. It was incredibly detailed and was multiple paragraphs long. I had a feeling he was going to pick me, even though he said he was going to pick Zoey or Adrian. Then, Ms. Nakada passed out the week six lines, which was called "The Contract Says: We'd Like the Conversation to be Bilingual" by Ada Limon. She read it out loud to the class, and then made each side of the room 'popcorn read' the lines. 

Then, we began to analyze the poem and break it down step by step. The title meant that the 'contract' should be written in English and Spanish. Minty asked a question to Ms. Nakada, and Ms. Nakada went over to answer it. Then, we continued to break down the poem and talk more about what it meant. Then, I heard Mrs. Dillmore yell at someone from across the hall angrily. Branden then proudly said that he could do a back flip to Ms. Nakada, and it sparked a mini conversation. Then, the phone rang, and Ms. Nakada went to answer it. I'm pretty sure the call was about attendance. Ms. Nakada then asked Nolan what complicit means, and he struggled a bit to answer. Complicit means responsible or guilty. We continued to analyze the poem, talking about vultures and migrant workers. We also talked a little bit about hubcaps. A commercial about Peyton Manning came on about financial services, which earned a lot of laughs and confusion from the class. Ms. Nakada assumed it was someone hacking her smart board, but the class thought it was from the Take A Minute video. Then, we finished analyzing the poem. Then, we moved on to School Trip. Ms. Nakada called out Joell for not looking at the book. Then, we talked about idioms. There was a loud clanging noise coming from outside the classroom, which was horribly annoying.

Then, it was time to pack up and leave.