Second and fourth periods reviewed the first act of Romeo and Juliet in anticipation of tomorrow’s quiz, which is essentially part two of the semester exam. Notes from class follow: First and fifth periods continued with their research and writing projects on...
First and fifth periods finished up the work on heroes yesterday, developing checklists of qualities and examples before creating as groups one-sentence definitions of “hero.” Afterward, we moved to an anticipatory writing lesson on the Holocaust in...
First and sixth periods began a short day-and-a-half research project about the Holocaust before reading about Anne Frank. We’ll be presenting the results in groups, practicing the “Written Conversation” engagement. Second and fourth periods acted...
Fourth period worked on three elements of an author’s (and individual selection’s) style: diction tone, and mood. We looked at an example selection to see how the author manipulated words and phrases to create a specific mood and tone. First, second, and...
First period began the project we’ll be working on while reading Anne Frank. Students will create a 10-12 entry diary modeled on Anne Frank’s diary. Today, they chose one of the following locations/historical events as their setting: Rwanda (Jean Kambanda,...
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