Test Review and Characters

Fourth period continued with Great Expectations. We’ve turned our attention to the characters and Dickens’ methods of characterization. We’ll continue working on that tomorrow. Second and sixth periods completed a quick test review for...

Characters

In second period today we started reading “An Hour with Abuelo.” We went over the answer for homework and we went over the characters and authors and we got to get in groups and talk about characters. Next Thursday we’ve got a test coming up on the...

Characterization

In sixth period today we went over homework.  Then we talked about characterization and characters we also mentioned indirect and direct.  We started to read “An Hour with Abuelo” but Mr. Scott told us to read that for homework.   We studied our vocabulary...

Characterization, Foreshadowing, and Predicting

First and seventh periods continued with The Glory Field. We’ll be having a vocabulary quiz on the first two units’ vocabulary on Friday. Second period went over some notes about characterization. Fourth period looked at episodes of potential foreshadowing...

Inductive Ballads

First, second, and seventh began by adding a poem to the portfolio we’re creating. It was an effort to help the students understand a simple process of creating poems that involves brainstorming, organizing, and modifying to create sentences that can be shaped...