First Friday in April

by | Apr 1, 2011 | English 8, English I Honors, Update

I thought about trying to make this a prank post, but I’m too tired. Homework First period: read chapters eight and nine; be ready for a brief presentation of symbol project. Second and sixth periods: none. Fourth period: see yesterday; add: finish chapter one;...

Final Practice and Tone

by | Oct 13, 2009 | Update

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...

Rehearsal and Tone

by | Oct 12, 2009 | Update

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...
Preparations and Presentations

Preparations and Presentations

by | Oct 9, 2009 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods spend the day preparing for the in-class performance/reading of Diary of Anne Frank. Each group had a chance to practice as a group and discuss the text. I also shared with students the grading criteria: Preparedness: I am familiar...
Initial and Final Thoughts

Initial and Final Thoughts

by | Oct 7, 2009 | Update

First, second, and seventh periods finished the anticipatory lesson for a unit on The Diary of Anne Frank. As such, we had an today, drawing on students’ prior knowledge of the Holocaust and making it personal through a series of reflective writing exercises. To...