Wednesday, Feb 1

Proposed agenda–
A Design-thinking look at public speaking
Rereading our Duke Ellington biopoem
Creating our own biopoems (reading, thinking, writing, speaking/sharing)
Sharing and celebrating our creativity (i.e., our biopoems)
Practicing metacognition on ourselves

Upcoming topics–

• A Design-thinking look at practicing metacognition  (How many ways can you think of to practice metacognition?)
• Slow reading! It's good for you.

For Monday (and next week in general)–
Read Betty Ray's Design-Thinking piece online
Read Barbara Moss's Content Area Literacy in the Elementary Grades (pdf)
Blog entry #3 due Sunday night by midnight on these two pieces (follow blog guidelines)
Response to at least one of your peer's blog postings by Tuesday night at midnight

Our Duke Ellington Biopoem

Duke

Swanky, smooth-talkin’, piano-playin

Son of Daisy and J.E.

Lover of baseball, women, music and smooth-talkin’

Bored with the same ol’ one-two, one-two umpdy-dump piano sounds

Feared failure, rejection and guilt (his parents had different plans for him)

Inspired, he formed a band, learned how to play the piano, made it to the Cotton Club

Duke wanted to see music change–no more umdy-dump one-twos–to celebrate the pride and diversity of black heritage

Residence of Harlem

Ellington