First and fifth periods worked on a specific application of inference: body language. We began with a starter, which we wrote in our Anne Frank diary: Write about one of the following What is body...
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Implications, Inferences, and Sonnet Beginnings
First and fifth periods began by looking at the Anne first/later impression homework from Friday. Afterward, we went over the relationship between implying and inferring, performing a close reading...
Second and Fourth Grades
Second and fourth periods can view their grades for the last two projects here. You'll need to have gotten your student identification number from the hallway outside my classroom.
Meter and Reorientation
First and fifth periods continued with The Diary of Anne Frank, beginning with a quiz and a couple re-orientations with the unit, reminders about various things we're going to be keeping track of in...
Ballad and CD-Quote Completion
First and fifth periods finished up some practice with adding quotes to concrete details to make intermediate-level CDs. We ended up with a few good examples from each class: Fifth Period For...
Ballads and Concrete Details with Quotes
FIrst and fifth periods both worked with incorporating quotes into concrete details in their writing. The class notes for each class are available here. Second and fourth periods continued their...
Gifts, Villanelles, and Schaffer Applied
First period began and completed the work on analyzing Anne's gifts to everyone. We spent the first portion of the period doing group work, then came back together as a class to debrief (see below)...
Tone and Gifts
First period began act one, scene five of The Diary of Anne Frank. As fifth period did Friday, we examined the gifts Anne gives the various inhabitants of the Secret Annex. Second and fourth periods...
Effective Hanukkah, Tone, and Gifts
First period read a bit about Hanukkah in preparation for the final scene of The Diary of Anne Frank, which we will begin on Monday. Second and fourth periods, after a quick overview of what the...
Sound Devices and Anne
First period had the big nightmare scene in The Diary of Anne Frank, then continued working with our character development graphic organizers. Today students began adding Anne to the chart. Through...
Anne, Connotation, and Winter Sundays
First period continued with the Diary of Anne Frank projects, with the third group presenting their portion of the first act. We continued looking at character development and practicing backing up...
Dussel Develops Along with Poetry
First period continued with the Anne Frank project, with group two presenting their work. The students added information to their Character Development chart about Mr. Dussel, practicing the art of...
