Tuesday, April 11, 2017

I forgot something? {Slice of Life}


"Mrs. Robek, you forgot something."

I kept going with our shared writing experience because I didn't think I was missing anything.  We discuss more ideas for our piece of poetry.  We negotiate the text.  We edit.  We revise.  

"Mrs. Robek, you forgot something."

I need to validate this thought and inquire.  Maybe I did forget something.

"Mrs. Robek, you forgot the punctuation."

"L, poetry doesn't have to have punctuation.

The room erupts.  The room was buzzing with questions, exclamation marks, and puzzlement.  I tried to explain the difference between a sentence and phrase or a list.  Their little faces showed shock and awe and processing.  I can't wait to see how this impacts their poetry writing tomorrow.  

Thank you Two Writing Teachers for organizing this Slice of Life community.

4 comments:

  1. You just turned their world of mechanics upside down! What a moment to catch!

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  2. Love the response to your shocking statement: "The room erupts. The room was buzzing with questions, exclamation marks, and puzzlement."

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  3. Mandy, would your and your young poets like to create a class poem for my upcoming spring gallery, Springsations? Invitation is at http://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/2017/04/invitation-to-springsations.html? I hope so. I would love to see their work.

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