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 Ms. Nakada welcomed us into class by saying good morning and hello to everyone. Then, Ms. Nakada played the beginning of a movie called  Ferris Bueller's Day Off , because the quote of the week was from Mr. Ferris Bueller himself. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around you might miss it.” We answered the question of the week which was "How can slowing down help you be more successful?" Ms. Nakada's answer was, “Life is about the journey and not the destination.” The song of the week was, "Apple Tree" by Erykah Badu. Then, we read the poem “It's Not Your Job” by Caitlyn Siehl. We wrote some poems ourselves, and then met in literature circles. After that, Ms. Nakada let us go.

We started the class with Ms. Nakada greeting us as usual. After the blog, we reviewed what we did on Wednesday and then read the poem, “Toy Boat” by Ocean Vuong. We started to have a discussion about what the poem meant. After this, we started our poem writing time. When our first writing time was up, Ms. Nakada shared with us blackout poetry. Then, we began with our second writing time. After that was done, people shared some of their poetry lines with Ms. Nakada, and we went into our literature circle groups. When we got back into the main group, Ms. Nakada went over our schedules for Hybrid learning. 

We started class by taking attendance and doing the blog corrections. We went over the quote of the week which was a poem. “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams. “I have eaten/ the plums/ that were in/ the icebox // and which you were/ probably saving/ for breakfast / forgive me/ they were delicious/ so sweet/ and so cold.” The question of the week was: What is your poetic aesthetic? The song of the week was, “I'm Still Standing” By Elton John. Next, we went over a poem: "There Are Birds Here" by Jamaal May. Also, we wrote our own poems. After writing poems, we did lit-circles and got dismissed. 

Hello, period 4. First, we started class with Ms. Nakada taking attendance. After the blog, we read a poem, "Abuelito Who" by Sandra Cisneros, and Ms. Nakada showed us prompts and gave us time to write our poems. She also allowed some of us to share. We ended class by going into our lit circle groups and taking the week 13 quiz. After that, Ms. Nakada let us go.

 Hello, fourth period English! The first thing we did in class was attendance. Shortly after, Syrus read his blog, and then chose me to do the next one. After that, we looked at the Jamboard and saw the quote of the week, “Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity to our existence" Audre Lorde.  Next, we discussed the question of the week: Who/what defines who you are? Then, we listened to our song of the week, "Freedom" by Beyonce and featuring Kendrick Lamar.  We read the poem, “Before” by Ada Limón. We wrote a couple of poems.  The last thing we did was work in literature circle groups. 

 Hello, period 4, in Wednesday's class we went over the quote of the week by Emily Dickinson. The quote was "If I feel as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry." Then we went over the Question which was: "how do you feel about poetry?" After that, we listened to the song of the week, "Times They Are-A Changing" by Bob Dylan. We read "Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry" by Howard Nemorov and discussed it on the Jamboard. We started talking about NaPoWriMo and then wrote a poem. After that, we went over the essay for  Inside Out and Back Again  and closed with working on that.