Haiku – vertical HAIKU

Haiku of four lines (sometimes known as haiqua)^[20] or longer have been written, some of them “vertical haiku” with only a word or two per line. These poems mimic the vertical printed form of Japanese haiku. You can read these from bottom to top or top to bottom!

she watches
satisfied after love
he lies
looking up at nothing

pw (Blithe Spirit 10:4, 2000)

beneath
leaf mold
stone
cool
stone

Marlene Wills (the old tin roof, 1976)

The highly prolific poet John Martone (b. 1952) specializes in vertical haiku along the lines of the examples above.

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Autobiography – The Guide

Teacher note: I suggest you use the post,. Teaching Transitions, Bobby Orr, before introducing this guide.

 

Here is the guide for writing the rough draft of the autobiography.

What is an Autobiography?

An autobiography  is a self-written account of the life of a person.

It comes from from the Greek word, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write= self+life+write

An Autobiography is part of the Recount Text Type. Your teacher may use the “Introducing Text Types” program that was installed on their computer to show you the very basic idea of writing to recount.

Write autobiography with a purpose or theme->Change! Think of events in your life that lead to change. How can those events be organized? Use the graphic organizer HERE to help you organize your ideas.

Mean, Median, Mode, Range Mini-Unit Reflection

As the culmination of this mini-unit please reflect on what you have learned. In a new post titled, Mean, Median, Mode, Range Mini-Unit Reflection answer the following questions. You may choose to write, make a short video, poster using comic life, sing a song…. the choice is yours most importantly share your thinking.

1. What is mean, median, mode, range? How do you calculate them? How are they the same and how are they different?
2. What are you going to remember from this unit?
3. Why do we study mean, median, mode and range? What is the purpose of learning it? How can it help you in the future?
4. What are some ways and reasons to use mean, median, mode and range in real life?
5. How did you do in the unit? What are you proud of and what will you improve for next time?

Create a survey, collect data, calculate Mean, Median, Mode, and Range

You have been assigned a secret mission to survey your classmates. Design a survey that interests you and will let you know a little more about your classmates. Collect numerical information and calculate Mean, Median, Mode, and Range. When you are finished prepare and present your information visually using numbers, graphs are great ways to do this.

Use this check list to be sure you included all the appropriate information:

• Clear description of survey
• Clear description of population
• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range
• Outliers (If necessary)
• Graph with titles, labels, key, reasonable axis
• Conclusion: What can you learn from this information?

When you are finished check out the posts of your classmates to see what they learned about the class.

Mean, Median, Mode, Range Vocabulary

Miss Leah has gotten very confused. Her accountant asked her to calculate the mean, median, mode, and range of the amount of money she has spent going out to eat this year in order to help her make a financial budget. Unfortunately, she can’t remember what each word means. Three of them start with the letter M and it is really hard to keep straight. Investigate what each word means and help her to match the vocabulary word to the most appropriate definition so that she can share the correct information with the accountant.

HERE are the words to cut-up and match.

Exhibition Presentation for Parents

Historical Narrative Pre-Writing Plan

This is a pre-writing plan that may be helpful.

Fly Me To The Moon-part 2

Use the data you accumulated in Fly Me To The Moon to answer the following questions. Write your answers in your mathematics book showing your equations. (See the worked example in the yellow rectangle below) 

 What percentage of the students in your class; 

1. Did not fly anywhere over the winter break?
2. Flew up to 10,000km?
3. Flew between 10,000 and 20,000km?
4. Flew more than 20,000km?
5. Took less than 4 flights?
6. Took 4 or more flights?
7. Visited any country in Europe?
8. Visited any country in North America?
9. What percentage of the distance to the moon did your class fly?

Think: Can you ever have more than 100%?

10. As a percentage, how far did your class fly around the Earth?