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week 1: QQSL

readers workshop: IO & BA 

HW: RJ 1.3 IO & BA  part III

Today was like any other day, except it wasn't any other day. It was the day that Jessica decided to announce that my birthday was yesterday to the class in yesterday's blog. Which means that yesterday was my birthday. And tomorrow will be the day after the day that Jessica announced that my birthday had passed. Tomorrow will also be the day after the day after my birthday. And the day after tomorrow will be the day after the day after the day that I turned fourteen. And so on. 

After Jessica read her blog and Ms. Nakada corrected its few mistakes, we pulled out our English Notebooks to write the lines of the day. The poem was "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver. If we look at the poem from a shallow level, simply, it is about a grasshopper. However, we went deeper into the meaning of the poem and how Mary Oliver was observing such tiny details about the grasshopper. Then the poem went even deeper about the meaning of the world, and and praying, being blessed. We talked about idle hours, and what we do with them. We all wrote down "tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life." We talked about how you can share one, small moment with the world. For example, Mary Oliver wrote a poem about a grasshopper she spent her idle, precious, minutes observing. 

We next opened our reading journals and talked about what happened in Part II of Inside Out & Back Again. Ha's family's journey was harsh, and uncomfortable, and they lost a chick, but one "tent city" and cowboy later, they ended up in Alabama with a sponsor. The room became silent as everyone read more of IO & BA. 

Ms. Nakada broke the silence with an exciting announcement. We could buy pizza and donuts for tomorrow! Many people walked up to her and placed their orders, and the room became abuzz. 

With that, the bell rang, and class was over. 

- Tali