Tone and Gifts

Tone and Gifts

First period began act one, scene five of The Diary of Anne Frank. As fifth period did Friday, we examined the gifts Anne gives the various inhabitants of the Secret Annex. Second and fourth periods continued looking at the question of tone in a poem. We looked at two...
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...