Sound Devices and Anne

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 scaffolding, students have gone from class practice with this...

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 backing an argument with textual evidence. Second and fourth periods...
Poetry Beginnings and Review

Poetry Beginnings and Review

First period, after the day’s diary prompt, had a bit of time to regroup for coming group presentations and then continued with effective readers’ skills practice with an annotated text about rising anti-Semitism in Germany. Second and fourth periods began...