Monthly Archives: October 2009

ASD and Halloween Friday

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First and seventh periods had a quiz on the Diary of Anne Frank to close out the week; they will have an opportunity to correct the quiz (for credit) on Monday. Hopefully, those who didn’t do as well as they should will take this chance to improve their grade.

Additionally, I ended a few with a quick overview of what’s going on in Poland this time of year. Last year, I included a description of All Saints’ Day here as well.

Homework
  • First and seventh period: revise one of the diary entries from a different character’s perspective.
  • Second period: re-read II.1; read II.2

Tone and the Sonnet

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Students in first and seventh periods used a graphic organizer to learn what tone is and how characters in the Diary of Anne Frank exhibit it.

Fourth period completed the sonnet and lyric poem forms today.

Homework
  • First and seventh periods: none.
  • Fourth: revise presentations to incorporate more class praticipation (see the presentation basics page).
  • Second period:
    • finish the journal entries (as necessary);
    • read II.1 from Diary of Anne Frank.

Wrapping Up Act I

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First, second, and seventh periods wrapped up the first act of Anne Frank. We’ll be doing the second act in a much shorter time, finishing by the middle of next week.

Fourth period continued its poetry unit, with students teaching today about imagery and the sonnet form.

Homework
  • First and seventh periods: vocab questions (page 833).
  • Second period:
    • vocab questions (page 833);
    • two journal entries from different characters on the same event.

Act I Complete

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First, second, and seventh periods completed the first act of the Diary of Anne Frank. We’ll wrap up loose ends tomorrow and probably have a quiz on it Wednesday before starting act two.

Fourth period began their poetry projects. The first pair almost completed their work: it was something of a learning experience for everyone, so we took our time examining what makes a good presentation afterward.

Homework
  • First, second, and seventh: complete questions 1-4 (page 832)
  • Second: complete the “Milestones” graphic organizer for the final scene.

Act I, Scene 3, Second Half

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First, second, and seventh periods completed the Diary of Anne Frank I.3 today.  We used a two-sided journal to parse out some of the implications of select portions of the dialogue.

Fourth period had a final day of preparation for the poetry presentations next week. Students who completed the work early continued working on the quarter-long parts of speech review, looking at adverbs and conjunctions. We will likely be having a final parts of speech test some time within the next few weeks.

Homework
  • First period:
    • finish reading scene 3, and
    • complete journal entry.
  • Second period:
  • Fourth period: complete graphic organizers; mail to team leader for consolidation.
  • Seventh period: none.

Act I, Scene 3, First Half

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First, second, and seventh periods continued working on the Diary of Anne Frank. We completed the first half of scene three, and there were some splendidly prepared students who really put on a good show.

After acting out the play, we looked carefully at a couple of passages to see what inferences we could make about characters based on their words and actions.

Fourth period continued preparing for their poetry project. We will likely begin the presentations on Monday.

Anne Frank

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First, second, and seventh periods completed the second scene from Diary of Anne Frank. After reading the scene, we looked closely at how much information can be inferred from a few passages of the dialogue.

We’ll be taking a break tomorrow for the book fair and then return Thursday.

Second period spent the day in groups, preparing for their poetry project. We’ll begin those on Thurday or Friday. The actual poetry unit will spill over into the next unit, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Homework
  • First, second, and seventh period: complete the conflict chart/overview of Act I, Scene 2.
  • Fourth period: continue preparing for poetry presentation.