Anne Frank House

First period had a quick mini-lesson on sentence fragments — recognizing and correcting them — followed by some more writing. Now that the routine for a writing workshop has been established, we will move to a twice-weekly format: we agreed upon Tuesdays and Thursdays. This means that starting Friday, we’ll begin a new unit that will run concurrently with our writing work.

Second and sixth periods continued with a group Think-Aloud for Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. We continued working as a class like this because, as one student said, “Mr. Scott, this stuff is easy when you’re leading the whole class. When we get into partners, we don’t know what to say.”

Fourth period continued with 2.2. We went over the blocking from yesterday, performing quickly in class select portions, then watched a “professional” interpretation (via the BBC).

Homework

• First period:
  • continue weekly writing;
  • begin selecting and preparing a first draft for eventual completion (probably due 11 February)
• Second and sixth periods: none.
• Fourth period:
  • re-read 3.3;
  • revise today’s starter: “How does Friar Laurence compare people and plants?