Today in class, students:
- read for USSR ( and were given completion marks for journal #1)
- were told about tomorrow's guest speaker - Lydia Jim - who will be sharing personal stories about residential schools
- read and discussed the poem "At the Wedding"
- went over expectations for their poetry writing drafts
- worked on writing their first poem - a family gathering - following the step-by-step process handout
Homework:
Read Indian Horse (must be finished p.73 by Friday) and work on your Family Gathering poem draft, which is due on Thursday.