2/18 Wednesday

1. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be sad. 

2. Poetry Review-Let's take a few minutes to review our poetry terms and types.

3. NC Ready Poetry Lesson-We will be working on a poetry lesson from our NC Ready books.

4. Class Novel-It's time to get back to working with our class novel.

5. Poetry Assignment-You are going to apply what you have learned about poetry to create your own poems.

6. Coach-New week, new lesson

7. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Langston Hughes. Go to each of the links here, here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in your Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

8. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Be sure to fully explain your answer.

What do you think the following quote means?

“I am the state”-Louis XIV

7. Absolute Monarchy-Today we will be introduced to the concept of Absolute Monarchy.