Hammurabi Trials begin.

Student presenting for "Featured Student" activity.

Students explain their choices of linebreaks in non-rhyming poems.

Hammurabi Trials begin.

Hammurabi Trials begin.

Practicing Hammurabi Trial skits to explore Babylonian values.

Practicing Hammurabi Trial skits to explore Babylonian values.

Practicing Hammurabi Trial skits to explore Babylonian values.

Practicing Hammurabi Trial skits to explore Babylonian values.

Practicing Hammurabi Trial skits to explore Babylonian values.

Talking through the latest Poetry Connection during a writing block.

Finding the homework.

Reading about the key civilizations in Mesopotamia.

Working hard.

Practicing Hammurabi Trial skits to explore Babylonian values.

Sharing the linebreak choices he made using a Billy Collins poem.

Mr V tells a story about maple syrup, an electric drill, and Bubba.

javascript:void(0)Writing in writer's notebook, responding to a sentence starter prompt. One of two ways we start English class.

Drumming to make a point about rhythm in non-rhyming poems.

Studying Babylonian values through Code of Hammurabi.

MR V!

QUIZ GAME REVIEW! Collaborating to answer questions based on the Mesopotamian timeline they just finished.

Sharing the personification poem he chose for Poetry Connection 2.

Laughing about a "Sentence A Day" sentence. (Series comma rule practice.)

Writing workshop during longblock Wednesday, a time to work on Poetry Connection 2.

Looking for poems at the book rack that they "connect with" for the Poetry Connection Assignment.

Searching for examples of metaphor, simile, and personification in sample poems.

Searching for examples of metaphor, simile, and personification in sample poems.

Mr V!

"Quiz Game Review" of history textbook reading.

Writing in writer's notebook, responding to a sentence starter prompt.

Taking notes on metaphor, personification, and simile.

I love school THIS much!

Sharing poetry connection poems with the class.

Sharing poetry connection poems with the class.

Our board filling up with student-found examples of "civilization" in Ulysses.

Evidence of "civilization" found by students in Ulysses.

Working in collaborative groups during our History Reading Check Game.

Sharing poetry connection poems with the class.

Looking for the "five elements of civilization" in Ulysses.

Introduction to the Middle/Upper School library by our awesome librarians.

I LOVE SCHOOL!

Introduction to the Middle/Upper School library by our awesome librarians.

Checking out his Writer's Notebook.

Hmmm.

Contemplating the lesson.

Mr. von trumpeting an often-missed direction for the poetry connection assignment.

Spontaneous conga line during the reading of "More than a Woman" --a poem by Billy Collins. (We played the Bee Gees song as background.)

Spontaneous conga line during the reading of "More than a Woman" --a poem by Billy Collins. (We played the Bee Gees song as background.)

Checking the homework board.