Today we did a quick “check up” on where students are with their “Thank You Ma’m” digital playlist. We then did a guided mini-lesson on annotation strategies to reinforce what is taught through the two tutorial videos in the playlist.
- We reviewed the purple and teal annotation strategies students have in their binder.
- We looked at a sample annotated text.
- We reviewed how to complete the annotations in CommonLit as well as paper.
- We read a paired text to “Thank You Ma’m”, a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye, “Kindness.” We also got to hear the author tell us about the inspiration for the poem.
- We completed two annotations for the poem.
- Students picked their best annotation and shared through “Everyone Up!”, a review game in which everyone stands until he/she share his her work. This work counted as a performance assessment today.
Hamilton 8th Language Arts 