Students in English 8 began their last unit on The Diary of Anne Frank. We went through an anticipation guide to help put students in Anne’s place to see what she was facing.

English I students began To Kill a Mockingbird, which will likely be our last unit. We began by examining how Harper Lee successfully creates a Southern voice in the novel through style and content decisions:

Style Choices:

1. Long sentences
2. Diversions
3. Dated language
4. Folksy-sounding language
5. Exaggeration/embellishment
6. Understatement/deprecation

Content decisions:

1. Importance of family,
2. Sense of community,
3. Importance of religion,
4. Importance of time, place, and the past

We’ll be finishing up the work on this tomorrow.

Homework

• English 8 Studies: none.
• English I Honors: complete today’s work as needed.