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A few fixed errors and citing! My Apologies Dr. Frye!

I Am Blackbeard

I am Blackbeard, King of Pirates

I live in the salty sea, traveling where ever the wind takes me. Across the Atlantic,

and the Caribbean Sea.

I wonder who will be my next victim, and when I will reach the coast again.

I hear Muffled laughter and swearing from the ship as it echoes across the water.

I see my crew of 250 pirates standing behind me, nervous for each upcoming battle.

I will not ease their minds, because I enjoy the thrill and fear in another’s eyes.

I am Blackbeard, King of Pirates, Terror at Sea

I question the sanity of those that refuse me. Everyone should fear me.

I feel constant gratification, with every piece of treasure and steal and life I take.

I touch my gruesomely braided long, black beard, by which I got my name.

I demand respect, I do not earn it.

I represent the dirtiest of scoundrels, liars, and fearful beings.

I understand the life of a pirate, because it’s the only one for me

I am Blackbeard, King of Pirates, Terror at Sea, My treasure is me.

I say “The longest liver shall take it” and

I believe this to be true.

I dream of Okracoke Island for dancing, drinking, and bonfires as big as the sun itself.

I cheat to the finish line, where my treasure awaits me.

I hope to forever be remembered for the nightmares and damaged I have caused.

I was once Edward Teach, a young British seaman and privateer,

But now I am the coast’s reign of fear.

I am Blackbeard, King of Pirates, Terror at Sea, my treasure is me, the one and only.

“Writing Informational Poetry as a response to reading and researching across the curriculum provides a creative format for students to transform the knowledge they have learned.”

I never thought about using poetry as a response to something before. I thought of it as a form of expression, but I never realized how many doors this approach opens. I knew that an I poem was a first person poem where the author takes on the role of the subject. I have never had experience with using this with a novel (characters, setting, or plot), but I welcome the idea. Examples of student poems intrigue me. I love to write, and I love poetry. If this is a way for my students to express themselves in a way that I can understand I support it and look forward to using it.

Click it! Discussion Director Section 2

Reciprocal teaching requires the following strategies: summarizing, questioning, predicting, clarifying. It reminds me a bit of the roles in a literature circle (an activity that I have familiarized myself with through study and participation). However it is different because the roles seem more specific to the need of necessary study for a certain text. Also, the teacher is participating, but taking turns assuming the role of the teacher with the students. I think this is beneficial because students are more willing to discuss a topic with a teacher when they feel like they are on a more equal level such as this. I also feel like these specific strategies allow for a more in depth concentration of the subject matter, and require every participant to put more time and concentration into the activity.

Discussion Director is a role I have engaged in many times before. It is this person’s role to engage and carry on the discussion in a productive and educational manner. However, this link/passage describes the role in a much more in depth and understand way (it gives examples and is more personal). It makes the the student feel like they are being given a type of duty that they are being entrusted with -which should make them feel good. It also lists out of the requirements/suggestions and a specific guide for the person fulfilling that role. I know that I would feel much more comfortable with this role if given this type of instructional handout.