English 8 Strategies students took the unexpected day in class — come on, admit it: we were all expecting to be out today — and continued with the regularly-scheduled Friday writing day. As a reminder, students need to have the following completed:

• Tuesday 3 March: 2 first drafts complete
• Friday 6 March: 3 first drafts complete
• Tuesday 10 March: 3 first drafts complete and one of those turned into a revised second draft

Fourth period English I Honors students looked at MLK’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as they continue looking at argument as they read To Kill a Mockingbird.

Sixth period English I Honors students had a chance to return to their groups from Wednesday and clear up any misunderstandings about verbals. We’ll be continuing the jigsaw activity later next week.

Creative writing students had a final day to work on their audio projects. These are now homework. We’ll settle on a due date next week.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • fourth period: you need to be through chapter 18 of To Kill a Mockingbird by whenever we return to school (tomorrow, Friday, or Monday)
  • sixth period:
    • evaluate the first Lord of the Flies workshop submissions here (by Friday, regardless of snow days);
    • complete the second Lord of the Flies workshop submission and turn in here (by Monday, regardless of snow days);
  • both periods: as per our discussion in class today, re-submit your Romeo and Juliet projects here (by Friday regardless of snow days)