First and seventh periods completed work on the Diary of Anne Frank. We went over homework and did some work to review the play individually and in small groups.
We will be having a test on Monday in first and seventh periods. It will be an open book essay test, and I have already shared the [...]

First and seventh periods finished the Diary of Anne Frank. We will be having a test on the material early next week.
Second period went over the final bits of the play and tied up loose ends.
Fourth period finished the sonnet and the group presenting about rhyme completed most of their presentation.
Homework

First and seventh periods: questions [...]

First and seventh periods went over act II scene 3. We looked in detail at the consequences of the theft. We’ll be finishing up the play tomorrow.
Second period completed the play today. We’re scheduled to start a new unit — on poetry — on Monday, with a small open-note, open-book test on the play Friday.
Fourth [...]

This is the Diigo list of project resources.

Fourth period worked on meter, learning what iambs, trochees, anapests, dactyls, and spondees are. It was tough going, but I believe everyone will get it tomorrow.
First and seventh period completed the second scene of the Diary of Anne Frank’s second act. We saw the kiss and discussed briefly how social attitudes have changes regarding intimacy [...]

First and seventh periods began with vocabulary for completing the Diary of Anne Frank. Afterward, we completed the first scene of the second act. We know that “Carl” has proposed a raise after suggesting there was a door in Mr. Kraler’s office to the attic.  We did some journaling about what we were reading.
Second period [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

First, second, and seventh periods all worked on dialogue analysis. In a play, all things we learn about characters have to be teased out from the dialogue, so we practiced doing just that: reading closely what characters say to see what we can determine about the characters, the setting, and the situation.
Fourth period didn’t have [...]

First, second, and seventh periods practiced their parts from Anne Frank.  First and seventh periods also worked on using context to determine a word’s meaning.
Fourth period completed work with tone. After writing a description of walking a dog with a prescribed tone, students read their work to the class and the audience had to identify [...]

Fourth period continued working on mood and tone. We watched a few trailers for films in which the genre had been switched through skillful editing.

Dumb and Dumber was turned into a horror film, Lurk and Lurker;
The Shining was transformed from horror film into a feel-good romantic comedy; and
Mary Poppins edited as a horror film, [...]