First period finished up yesterday’s work with the contemporary parallel of Malala Yousafzai, getting an update on the courageous girl’s condition before reading some of the diary that propelled her into the international spotlight. Afterward, we continued...
First period read an article that has connections with the latest developments in Nightjohn. We did some vocabulary work with it as a starter before reading the article. Copy these words and definitions. Choose two of these five words and think of a synonym (word with...
First period finished up chapter five from Nightjohn. We explored cause and effect, looking at the broader causes of the act of sheer brutality that ended chapter five. Fifth period took a look outside of the book at a contemporary event that resonates with the themes...
As an extra credit opportunity to all students, I’m encouraging all students to create an entry for the PTA’s Reflections contest. Rules can be found here. Guidelines from the national PTA website are below: In 2012-2013, the theme for PTA’s Reflections...
First and fifth periods continued working on Nightjohn. We’ll be finishing the novel this week and working on the final project during the final days of the quarter. Second and fourth periods began the final project for the short story unit. We read “The...
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