Poetry and homework for Wendesday, April 20th

This author captured the moment...to view click on the PicLit

Today we learned about Laterne Poems and the format for Quatrain poems.
You can see all of our piclits.com by clicking here....you have to click on the pictures so they display large enough to see the Laterne Poems.


For Laterne poems, we headed to the computer lab and used 'www.piclits.com' to look for inspiration.  Once we found the 'right' picture, students created a Laterne Poem around the image, typing their verse in and saving them under our classroom account.


Please note... not all students were able to access www.piclits.com in a timely manner.  The images are beautiful and of high quality which caused the loading times to increase.  Students do not have to complete their piclits at home.  However, they are welcome to explore the site and create some new ones or complete the class assignment if they like.  Some students expressed an interest in using the pictures to publish their Haiku's or Tanka.  As long as you approve at home, they are welcome to sign on and save their work so I can see it.

This one was designed at home! WOW!

Tomorrow, students will have homework!  They should write a Quatrain poem 'inspired' by their field trip to Fort Christmas!  If you have questions about the format of a Quatrain, you can find more information under our classroom webpage: www.earthspaceexplorers.com  - under 'Current Assignments".

Cheers, Mrs. T


I will edit this post tonight and add some piclits that students designed.