9/6

I. launch-- read your poem outloud to yourself outside or towards a wall  for 5+ minutes, practice your gestures and full performances



II. WILD independent sheet (5)




III. What's in your backpack

IV. Discussion


V. Exit on classroom

9/1

1. Reading- Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the natural World  Intro
   
2. Discussion- who has access to nature and why?
3. Break down the text

---Discuss start of WILD
Read key quotes from ch 1?

What have we learned so far about Cheryl?
What is her identity?
What is she looking for in the wild?

-- Where I’m from work time.

Review draft with partner-- how can we bring out more metaphors and similes, bring the poem to life.

Practice time.

8/31

I. Launch

Nature poetry :

4 groups of 6

Poem #1 Culture and the Universe by Simon Ortiz

Poem #2 Nature by Henry David Thoreau

Poem #3 Sleeping in the forest by Mary Oliver and Summer Day  by Mary Oliver

Poem #4 Nature: Mother Nature by Emily Dickinson

Read poems

Pull out golden lines

Describe elements that make it come to life

Read together

Unit 1 overview-

What does nature mean to us??

Nature video

Redwood  video

II. Nature writing of your own- 10 minutes outside by yourself

III. WILD by cheryl strayed

Intro to PCT-

Map

Cheryl Strayed-

Anticipation questions:


Nature as therapy? does nature have therapeutic aspects? How can it help us deal with grief?


Memoirs- writing about your own history and life events. Who is Cheryl as an author? why does she want to go on this journey and write this story? How will writing our own stories affect our own lives?  Have you ever written stories about your life ?


Getting out of comfort zones--> how does getting out of our comfort zones change our lives? think about a moment you truly were out of your comfort zone? what did you do? what did you learn?

 

Read prologue together

Look over reading guide 

Start reading in groups if time.






POEM work time or reading time. 

8/28

I. Happy MONDAY!!!

Come in silently,

and start your reading launch:



a. Follow the directions for the quote activity

II. Meditation





III. Discussion about history of the american dream vs its relevance today.

America in 4 minutes - journal response

Choose one question to write about- try to fill at least half a page with free writing.




1. What were your thoughts and reactions to the video?



2. what line stuck out to you most and why?


3. What does being American mean to you?

Break--
--- intro to google classroom/ blog


IV. Personal history and self activity.

--- bubbles of where who we are, where we come from -- on board


V. Where I'm from poem

Spoken word
Example #1
Example #2
Example #3

VI.  Drafting time


VII. Exit on classroom