1. Invitational Summer Institute Day 4 Monday, June 30, 2014

3. Agenda Monday, June 30, 2014 9:00- 9:15Daily Log Author’s Chair 9:15-10:30Demonstration Lesson: Darci Break 10:45-11:15Demo Lesson Response 11:15-12:00Tech Book Discussions 12:00-1:00Lunch 1:00-2:15Writing 2:15-3:15Writing Groups 3:15-3:30Wrap-up

4.  Naming Files  Sending Files  Printing for Demonstration Lessons to: writing.project@csun.edu  Schedule check –Check your name for:  Demo lesson (topic/title?)  Logger  Food  Photos  Lunch Lottery and Writing Marathon

5. Daily Log

6. Author’s Chair

7. Darci McGrath Not Your Father’s Poetry Poetry Council Pre-write activity

8. Background  Council in the classroom  Students needed reflection time  An alternative way to unpack a poem  Access all 4 components of CCSS Anchor Standards 8

9. CCSS Anchor Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10 Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1 Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. 9

10. Council in the Classroom Practice of building community in the classroom through the telling of story in circle which develops authentic talk and empathetic lessoning skills. Focuses around the Four Intentions:  Speaking from the heart  Listening from the heart  Be spontaneous  Be lean 10

11. Review: The Poem  What is the definition of a poem?  Elements  Characteristics  What is a poem not?  Elements  Characteristics 11

12. Review: Parts of Speech  Noun  names a person, place, thing or idea  Verb  express an action or state of being  Adjective  modifies a noun or a pronoun and answers these questions: which? what kind of? how many? 12

13. Poetry Council Steps  First Reading: Visualization  Second Reading: Noun  Third Reading: Verb  Fourth Reading: Adjective After each reading you will write for 10 minutes on the word that you identified in the poem. This does not have to be related to the poem but rather how you connect to that word or experience. 13

14. Extension Activities  Council:  Dedications  Icebreaker  Speed rounds in response to poem (one word only)  noun  verb  adjective  Response round: recall of one connection.  Witness round: Something heard  Mood-mover (if needed)  Closing appropriate for group. 14

15. Extension Activities  Found Poem  Using one or several reflections, isolate or identify words or phrases which create a related message or a new idea.  Foldable  Create a graphic novel or flip book to tell reflection  Story Board  Create a 6 panel board of reflection via technology or manually. 15

16. Resources cis.ojaifoundation.org - background and lesson plans poetryfoundation.org - poetry resource poets.org - poetry resource - contemporary focus loc.gov/poetry/180/ - high school focused corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/ - Common Core State Standards: Anchor Standards 16

17. Break

18. DEMONSTRATION LESSON RESPONSE

19. Tech Book Discussion

20. Lunch

21. 1:00-2:15 Writing Time

22. Writing Response Groups

23. Poem for Today  Tyler Mali  http://youtu.be/RxsOVK4syxU http://youtu.be/RxsOVK4syxU