This week we worked hard to complete projects and meet deadlines. Firstly, we finished our rock comics. While completing our comics we discussed the importance of color and background. Everyone got into adding as much color and detail to their comics as possible. In the process, we learned how to better emulate the aesthetic of comic artists. Altogether, it has been fascinating to compare student work and see the diversity in characters, setting and plot. Can’t wait to send these comics home.
We also moved on from fractions and began our unit on geometry. Students have been learning the terminology necessary to describe geometric figures as well as think critically about their categorizations. We have done everything from note card origami, angle kung-fu to geoboards to build our foundation.
However, our biggest project was the poetry slam. It was a huge success and everyone was so excited to present. Leading up to the slam we did a lot to prepare ourselves. We studied different slam poets online and shared what poetry looks, sounds and feels like. Using these ideas, we created our own rubrics for evaluation. Every student filmed him or herself reciting their poetry on the iPad’s. We watched our readings and used our rubric as a means of self-improvement. This ended up being a great way to integrate technology, literature and public speaking.
However, our biggest project was the poetry slam. It was a huge success and everyone was so excited to present. Leading up to the slam we did a lot to prepare ourselves. We studied different slam poets online and shared what poetry looks, sounds and feels like. Using these ideas, we created our own rubrics for evaluation. Every student filmed him or herself reciting their poetry on the iPad’s. We watched our readings and used our rubric as a means of self-improvement. This ended up being a great way to integrate technology, literature and public speaking.