Sixth Grade: Poetry
Poems hide.
In the bottom
of our shoes
they are
sleeping.
They are shadows
drifting across
our ceilings
the moment
before we
wake up.
What we have
to do is live in
a way that lets
us find them.
Naomi Shihab Nye
In the bottom
of our shoes
they are
sleeping.
They are shadows
drifting across
our ceilings
the moment
before we
wake up.
What we have
to do is live in
a way that lets
us find them.
Naomi Shihab Nye
Invitation: You are cordially invited to submit your poetry on Mrs. Looney's blog. You are such talented poets. Please share your work!
"Let Gratitude radiate wherever you are."
Important notes:
- Students will need to bring their social studies/writing binder to class each day. Many important documents will be handed out in class. It is pertinent that each student put forth much effort to be organized. Please be sure that you also have your homework and classwork, agenda, sharpened pencils, a highlighter, and writing notebook. Students that are prepared earn 20 points each day for a total of 100 points at the end of the week. Example: If a student is prepared five days during the week, the student will earn 100 points. If a student is only prepared 3 days during a week, the student will earn only 60 points.
- Completed homework is to be placed in the homework folder that coincides with the class period written on top of the folder Folders are found in the metal basket. DO NOT HAND YOUR HOMEWORK TO MRS. LOONEY. DO NOT GIVE HOMEWORK TO A SUB. DO NOT PLACE HOMEWORK ON MRS. LOONEY'S DESK. DO NOT PLACE HOMEWORK BY MRS. LOONEY'S COMPUTER. Place completed homework in the homework folder in the metal basket.
- Please be aware that each student has the opportunity to make corrections and revisions to homework, projects, essays, and tests to increase your average. Extra credit is always available. Check the homepage of Mrs. Looney's website for extra credit ideas.
- Students are always welcome to join Mrs. Looney in our classroom during lunch and study halls for questions, guidance, and extra help. Mrs. Looney highly encourages students with missing assignments to come to Mrs. Looney's room during lunch and study halls for assistance until all work is caught up. If students have lost worksheets, directions, etc., lunch time and study hall is a great time to get the extra copies of the work that is missing. However, five points will be taken off each assignment that Mrs. Looney needs to reprint an extra copy. If you have been absent from class for any reason, it is a good idea to join Mrs. Looney for lunch or study hall to find out what instruction was missed in your absence.
- Students and parents are highly encouraged to check the PowerSchool Gradebook each day to check grades as well as what assignments are late and what assignments are forthcoming.
Homework for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, November 18-21, 2013:
- Be sure to have your second poem completed and emailed to Mrs. Looney.
- [email protected]
- If you do not have internet access, be sure to hand-write your poem and hand it in to Mrs. Looney before Friday!
- Please sure that it is completed by this Friday, November 22nd the latest!
Homework, Friday, November, 22nd, 2013: Have a fantastic break! Be grateful. Enjoy family. Read. Rest. Explore. Write for yourself. Be outside.
Homework for Wednesday, November 13th and Thursday, November 14th: Be working on your gratitude poem that is due on Friday. See below.
Due Friday, November 15, 2013: Gratitude Poem
- Students will be working on the Gratitude poem in class each day the week of November 11th. See the description under "New York State Senate Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration" below for more details.
- Students are expected to be working on their poems in study hall and at home as well.
- See Resources below for ideas.
- The final copy must be completed by Friday, November 15th.
- Be sure that all spelling is correct.
- Be sure that you utilize a thesaurus to add sophisticated words to your poem.
Homework Thursday November 7, 2013
Spend time brainstorming ideas and details for your "I am Grateful For" poem in your writer's notebook.
Spend time brainstorming ideas and details for your "I am Grateful For" poem in your writer's notebook.
New York State Senate Thanksgiving Day Creative Celebration:
- Senator Catharine M. Young invites us to be creative this Thanksgiving. We have a wonderful opportunity to publish our work on the New York Senate website.
- What are you thankful for this year?
- Scio's fifth grade and sixth grade students will be submitting poems for the showcase.
- The fifth and sixth grade students will submit their poetry in writing class. All entries will be sent electronically.
- We will be submitting our poems for inclusion in New York State's Thanksgiving Day Showcase. www.young.nysenate.gov
- The deadline date for entries to the New York State Senate website is November 20, 2013. We plan on uploading the poems by Friday, November 15, 2013.
- Thank you!
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Wednesday November 6
No Homework
No Homework
Due: Homework:
RESOURCES
Dave Kane
Brazil, 1998
(Abridged)
CREED
I believe life is to be enjoyed
I believe that worrying never helps
I believe it is wrong to kill a moth but spare a butterfly just because of its beauty
I believe that cloths do not “make the man”
I believe that creating beauty is good and feeds us
I believe I am called to do what I am doing
I believe I don’t know what you are called to do
I would like to know
I believe in trees with long, curly branches
I believe that abject poverty is a horrible and dehumanizing situation
I believe that the human spirit can overcome any situation
I believe in a ripe mango
I believe in the World Cup
I believe that greed is the cause of most human ills
I believe in tropical paradises (I’ve seen them!)
I believe in the sense of invincibility in young people
I believe that mosquitos may be unnecessary
I don’t believe in drought
I believe I don’t want to be famous
I believe animals are friends
I believe in my cat Timbalada’s purr
I believe in the complete trust of young children in their parents
I believe in experiencing as much as possible
I believe that peanuts can be eaten with just about anything
I believe in long hair
I believe that if you feel like taking a nap you should take one
I believe in the feel of the sun on my skin
I believe that there is a piece of music that fits with whatever emotion you can feel
I believe that we don’t question enough
I believe that life is full of moments needing to be recognized
Brazil, 1998
(Abridged)
CREED
I believe life is to be enjoyed
I believe that worrying never helps
I believe it is wrong to kill a moth but spare a butterfly just because of its beauty
I believe that cloths do not “make the man”
I believe that creating beauty is good and feeds us
I believe I am called to do what I am doing
I believe I don’t know what you are called to do
I would like to know
I believe in trees with long, curly branches
I believe that abject poverty is a horrible and dehumanizing situation
I believe that the human spirit can overcome any situation
I believe in a ripe mango
I believe in the World Cup
I believe that greed is the cause of most human ills
I believe in tropical paradises (I’ve seen them!)
I believe in the sense of invincibility in young people
I believe that mosquitos may be unnecessary
I don’t believe in drought
I believe I don’t want to be famous
I believe animals are friends
I believe in my cat Timbalada’s purr
I believe in the complete trust of young children in their parents
I believe in experiencing as much as possible
I believe that peanuts can be eaten with just about anything
I believe in long hair
I believe that if you feel like taking a nap you should take one
I believe in the feel of the sun on my skin
I believe that there is a piece of music that fits with whatever emotion you can feel
I believe that we don’t question enough
I believe that life is full of moments needing to be recognized
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“Greetings and Thanks to the Natural World”
-A daily thanksgiving inspired by the Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee www.onondaganation.org
GREETING and THANKS to each other as people
TO THE EARTH mother of all greetings and thanks
to all the waters WATERFALLS & RAIN RIVERS & OCEANS greetings and thanks
to all the
FISH LIFE
GREETING AND THANKS
the grains and greens
BEANS & BERRIES
as one we send thanks
to FOOD PLANTS
MEDICINE HERBS
of the world
and their keepers
GREETINGS AND THANKS
TO ALL ANIMALS & their teachings
greetings & thanks
THE TREES
for shelter & shade
fruit & beauty
greetings & thanks
TO ALL BIRDS
large and small
joyful greetings & thanks
and from the four directions
THE FOUR WINDS
thank you for purifying the air
we breathe and
giving us strength
GREETINGS
THE THUNDERERS
our grandfathers
in the sky
We hear your voices
GREETINGS & THANKS
and now THE SUN
for the light of a new day
and all the fires of life
GREETINGS AND THANKS
to our oldest grandmother
THE MOON
leader of women
all over the world
AND THE STARS
for their mystery
beauty & guidance
GREETINGS & THANKS
TO OUR TEACHERS
from all times
reminding us of how
to live in harmony
GREETING AND THANKS
AND FOR ALL
the gifts of creation
for all the love
around us
GREETINGS & THANKS
and for that which is forgotten
WE REMEMBER
WE END OUR WORDS
NOW OUR MINDS ARE ONE
-A daily thanksgiving inspired by the Onondaga Nation, Haudenosaunee www.onondaganation.org
GREETING and THANKS to each other as people
TO THE EARTH mother of all greetings and thanks
to all the waters WATERFALLS & RAIN RIVERS & OCEANS greetings and thanks
to all the
FISH LIFE
GREETING AND THANKS
the grains and greens
BEANS & BERRIES
as one we send thanks
to FOOD PLANTS
MEDICINE HERBS
of the world
and their keepers
GREETINGS AND THANKS
TO ALL ANIMALS & their teachings
greetings & thanks
THE TREES
for shelter & shade
fruit & beauty
greetings & thanks
TO ALL BIRDS
large and small
joyful greetings & thanks
and from the four directions
THE FOUR WINDS
thank you for purifying the air
we breathe and
giving us strength
GREETINGS
THE THUNDERERS
our grandfathers
in the sky
We hear your voices
GREETINGS & THANKS
and now THE SUN
for the light of a new day
and all the fires of life
GREETINGS AND THANKS
to our oldest grandmother
THE MOON
leader of women
all over the world
AND THE STARS
for their mystery
beauty & guidance
GREETINGS & THANKS
TO OUR TEACHERS
from all times
reminding us of how
to live in harmony
GREETING AND THANKS
AND FOR ALL
the gifts of creation
for all the love
around us
GREETINGS & THANKS
and for that which is forgotten
WE REMEMBER
WE END OUR WORDS
NOW OUR MINDS ARE ONE
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