First period completed the Explore Test. Second period didn't meet due to an overlap in scheduling with the Explore Test. Fourth period simply reviewed the now-completed first half of the Odyssey....
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Allusions and Revisions
First period had the Explore test today. We finished with enough time to go over the day's stem word before finishing with some silent reading. Sixth and seventh periods worked on revision as well....
More Monomyth, First Drafts, and a Sentence Finale
First period worked on turning all the planning we've done for a memoir into a first draft. It's to be completed by tomorrow. Second and fourth periods went over two films to see how closely they...
Mythic Archetypes, Clusters, First Drafts, and Fragments
First and sixth periods began making a rubric for the memoir project (tentatively due next Monday). We also did some planning via clustering. The draft rubrics are below: Second and fourth periods...
Irony Writing Example and Extra Credit
Two quick notes: My example writing for the irony piece in English I is now available at the blog. I've created a forum for you to share your extra credit proposal.
Examining a Text, Writing Descriptively, and Varying Sentences
First and sixth periods continued working on their memoirs, practicing adding sensory details to their writing. There were some truly amazing examples in class of using the senses to show rather...
Sentence Variety, Calypso, and Sensory Details
First and sixth period worked on adding sensory details to writing. We looked at two passages from the I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings excerpt (the description of Mrs. Flowers's living room and the...
An Epic and First Drafts
First and sixth periods continued working with the memoir. With the completion of tonight's homework, we will have first drafts ready to begin revising tomorrow. Second and fourth periods began the...
Introducing the Epic, the Memoir, and the First Draft
First and sixth periods practiced taking notes (and we debriefed the process at the end of the period) for the memoir. We'll begin writing it in earnest tomorrow. Second and fourth periods finished...
Memoir, Thesis, and Narrowing Topics
First and sixth periods worked on the memoir form, looking at an example excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. We'll continue examining it tomorrow before starting our own memoirs. Second...
Endings, Endings Everywhere
First and sixth periods finished up reading and analyzing Nightjohn. We'll be using what we learned from the novel to inform our memoir writing, which begins next week. Second and fourth periods are...
Planning, Inverviews, and an Inventory
First and sixth periods read another chapter of Nightjohn; we'll finish the book in the next couple of days, possibly tomorrow. We ended today's session by beginning to plan for our literacy memoir....
