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Today was the final day with a regular schedule. First, second, and sixth periods continued with Monster, almost finishing it. Fourth period worked on in-text citations for their research project.
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Fourth period had the End of Course exam today. Most, if not all, students felt it was less challenging than they were expecting. We should have the results by Thursday.
First, second, and sixth periods continued with Monster. The State rested and now the defense is about to present it’s case. We should finish by the end of the week.
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First, second, and sixth periods continued with Monster. We heard a great deal of testimony that points toward Steve’s guilt, but the defense also did a good job of throwing some of that testimony into question.
Fourth period worked on the “Works Cited” page for their project.
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First, second, and sixth periods continued with Monster. We’re getting into the main testimony now, with students scouring the text for evidence of the protagonist’s guilt.
Fourth period continued working on the research project. Most students have outlines done. We’ll begin the Works Cited page Monday.
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First, second, and sixth began our final “unit” — we’re reading Monster to close out the year. Great literature it is not, but it’s a fun read and good for reviewing bias.
Fourth period began making outlines from their research.
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Fourth and sixth periods worked on a cloze activity dealing with one of the attorney’s closing statements in Monster. It was a lot of fun, especially in sixth period: I assisted students by giving them riddles that contained the answers to the particular blanks that were stumping them. Epiphanies galore.
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All classes are now working on Monster, even English I. With only a few days remaining, I decided English I should get a break, so to speak.
As such, there’s no homework, for anyone.
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Second period worked on transitions and powerful verbs. We used two famous short stories — “The Interlopers” and “The Most Dangerous Game” — to look at how an author’s use of powerful verbs can improve the writing by providing sensory details
First, fourth, and sixth periods worked on Monster.
None.
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First and second periods didn’t have class today due to pass testing.
Fourth and sixth periods really started getting into the meaty part of Monster. We had a few people testify and the kids are all excited about the book — an English teacher’s dream. It’s an excellent book for teaching students to read carefully and pick up the implications of what’s being said, and what’s not being said.
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First period was able to go back to the computer lab to work on the Much Ado About Nothing projects. Additionally, some students should be finishing up their final drafts for the film review. It will count as late work, but that’s better than nothing.
Second period completed their practice with the MLA citation format. The research project will be due the Tuesday after this coming long weekend.
Fourth and sixth periods began reading Walter Dean Myers’ Monster.
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