Lecture: How to read a poem.
Reading and annotating, “About Competition.”
HW: re-read the poem, and write notes on the poem: a) What do I notice? and b) What does it (the poem) mean?

Reviewing poetry rules.
Discussion of poem (practicing routines, pre-post discussion writing, note taking)
Picture day.
Time permitting, writing a paragraph. (What does Bukowski want us to learn about competition and the secret to success?)
HW: If you have not done so, finish reading Haddon’s novel by class on Tuesday.

Introduction: Meet Ms. Craig!
Finishing our review of classroom expectations.
Writing your paragraph about the poem, “About Competition”.
Posting your paragraphs onto Squarespace.
HW: Finish reading The Curious Incident. Submit your signed course expectations on Canvas and your paragraph on Squarespace. Make sure you paragraph is posted into Squarespace!

Making sure everyone turned in class expectations using Canvas, and everyone posted your paragraph using Squarespace.
Voting on the three BEST paragraphs in class.
We will read an interview with the author of our summer read, and practice marking vocabulary.
HW: Complete this survey.

Returning to our paragraphs on the poem: reading with a critically constructive eye.
Revising paragraphs, and posting NEW version of your ¶
Second half of class, we will shift toward another non-fiction handout, this one a collection of first-person essays written by people with autism about their life experience (and one poem, as well).
We will read these aloud, in small groups.
Ending the day with an annotation technique that you will use to re-read and re-annotate: TOUGH QUESTIONS.
HW: Read the selections from “Voices in Autism,” annotating and practicing the note-taking techniques covered in class (tough questions, opening signals, circling vocabulary).