Fourth period continued working on mood and tone. We watched a few trailers for films in which the genre had been switched through skillful editing. Dumb and Dumber was turned into a horror film, Lurk and Lurker; The Shining was transformed from horror film into a...
First, second, and seventh periods spend the day preparing for the in-class performance/reading of Diary of Anne Frank. Each group had a chance to practice as a group and discuss the text. I also shared with students the grading criteria: Preparedness: I am familiar...
First, second, and seventh periods began their preparations for reading Diary of Anne Frank. Students were divided into groups, and after working on vocabulary, the groups decided who was going to play which parts. Fourth period continued debriefing “Cub...
Fourth period worked on three elements of an author’s (and individual selection’s) style: diction tone, and mood. We looked at an example selection to see how the author manipulated words and phrases to create a specific mood and tone. First, second, and...
First and seventh periods had a final day of work on the memoir final draft. It is due tomorrow, along with several other documents: First draft Peer editing form Second draft Final draft Rubric Fourth period worked on the nonfiction form and will continue tomorrow....
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