by Mr. Scott | Oct 6, 2009 | Update
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...
by Mr. Scott | Oct 5, 2009 | Update
First and seventh periods had a final day of work on the memoir final draft. It is due tomorrow, along with several other documents: First draft Peer editing form Second draft Final draft Rubric Fourth period worked on the nonfiction form and will continue tomorrow....
by Mr. Scott | Sep 9, 2008 | Update
First period had a quick review of nominative and objective case personal pronounse. Second period finished up the dialogues combining characters from Journey Home and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Some students took grammar handbooks for the self-study parts of...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 8, 2008 | Update
First period continued looking at mood and author’s purpose with the selection from A. Dillard’s An American Childhood. Second period continued working on their dialogues. Fourth and sixth periods began reading the selection from An American Childhood and...
by Mr. Scott | Sep 4, 2008 | Update
First, fourth, and sixth periods began a new selection that will focus on mood. Our first task: determine what mood is and how writers create it. And to do that, we … listened to music and watched movie trailers. We did this to see what mood is: an atmosphere...
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