It’s always rewarding to have a positive return after a long break such as the one we just finished. I think it’s fair to say that today was such a day — at least in room 606.

First and sixth periods had an extended bell ringer that dealt with vocabulary from the Anne Frank unit: reinforce, reinforce, reinforce. We finished up the unit by viewing select scenes from a PBS version of the film based on the diary, play, and historical research. We’ll finish up the viewing tomorrow, with a test on Thursday.

Second and fourth period completed a self-evaluation of their Romeo and Juliet projects before turning to a brief grammar overview of clauses. We’ll be working on grammar and Lord of the Flies together, switching every couple of days in an effort to slow the Flies unit a bit and give students more time to complete the writing assignments for the unit (not to mention giving me more time to assess their work).

Seventh period began a brief unit on drama. We began today, though, by going over how to take notes from a reading, focusing on the vocabulary of typography and text elements:

• italics
• bold
• heading
• highlighting/font color
• bullet points

Homework

• First and sixth periods: study for Thursday’s test.
• Second and fourth periods:
• complete chapters six and seven (as needed)
• work on Lord of the Flies vocabulary (quiz on chapters 4-6 was postponed until tomorrow);
• begin working on written response for chapter four in Lord of the Flies;
• Seventh period: complete note taking on pages 656, 7.