Cover of The Diary of Anne Frank

First period continued working on the writing workshop. We had a quick review of the components of an effective paragraph and how to find loaded paragraphs that should be expanded into multiple paragraphs.

Second and sixth periods began a unit on The Diary of Anne Frank. We had an anticipatory lesson to get students thinking about some of the themes. We’ll continue building background knowledge tomorrow before starting the play on Monday.

Fourth period finished up the first act of Romeo and Juliet. We’ll be having a quiz on it tomorrow.

Homework

• First period: take the loaded paragraph you discovered in class today and expand it: each change in topic should produce a new paragraph. (Do this on the right-hand side of the notebook — that’s what we’ve been saving those pages for!)
• Second and sixth periods: none.
• Fourth period: study for quiz.