As I mentioned earlier, I ended up doing my poetry lesson on personification with a mixed age-group of kids and will be doing it with my sixth graders after spring break and ISATs. I will be sure to allow for more time on the walk while trying to select an inanimate object to personify. I will also do more front-loading personification (examples) before asking students to write.
Aside from wanting to more "free" writing in general, I want to have a better understanding of the Common Core Standards for language arts. I believe this will be what guides me in developing/redeveloping some of my project-based lessons. Within all of this, I will be more diligent when it comes to formative assessment rather than being heavy on summative assessment.
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