We started today out by doing a Google slide.

We talked about how the phrase I was looking for was “life begins at 40.”

Then, we did group work where the class explained the graphs from the BBC’s “What’s the Prime of Your Life?“. We figured our from the graphs that there is no one best time of your life – there are perks to each age. While our memory is the best that is it ever going to be, we still have to look forward to a peak in creativity, happiness, and knowledge. The best is yet to come!

We read To The Virgins, To Make Much of Time.

While I “chopped and screwed” this poem, I explained why I found this so offensive and shared some personal stuff from my life. Remember – English is supposed to be about sharing life experiences and thoughts, not an EOC test or a grade. I want you to find connections in the literature to real life!

We also talked about peaking in high school. If you peak in high school, then the rest of your life will be pretty depressing.

Then we did Hexagonal Writing over the poem. I had different colored triangles and for each triangle, you answered a different question.
Then we glued them together on the giant blue paper to create a hexagon.