Acting and Researching

by | Oct 14, 2008 | Update

Second period continued working on the To Kill a Mockingbird newsletter. After students completed that work, we began researching the Scottsboro Boys trial, supposedly the inspiration for Harper Lee as she wrote Mockingbird. First, fourth, and sixth periods continued...

Anne Frank and a Newspaper

by | Oct 13, 2008 | Update

Second period began one of two culminating To Kill a Mockingbird projects. We began creating a newspaper for Maycomb County that deals with the significant events in the book. Students are working on advertisements, obituaries, editorials, news articles — you...

Book Fair

by | Oct 10, 2008 | Update

All classes went to the book fair today. We did a little administrative work in the twenty or so minutes we had before leaving for the book fair. Fourth and sixth periods began working on vocabulary for The Diary of Anne Frank. Homework First period: skim act 1 scene...
Genocide Background and Presentations

Genocide Background and Presentations

by | Oct 8, 2008 | Update

First period began the project we’ll be working on while reading Anne Frank. Students will create a 10-12 entry diary modeled on Anne Frank’s diary. Today, they chose one of the following locations/historical events as their setting: Rwanda (Jean Kambanda,...
Tom’s Character and the Holocaust

Tom’s Character and the Holocaust

by | Oct 7, 2008 | Update

First, fourth, and sixth periods are starting a unit on The Diary of Anne Frank. As such, we had an anticipatory lesson today, drawing on students’ prior knowledge of the Holocaust and making it personal through a series of reflective writing exercises. To do...