Poetry and Notes

Today we started with a review of some of the fiction terms from yesterday, continued with a look at Pat Mora's poem "Los ancianos" and the associated poetic terms and close reading questions from the textbook (p. 6).

Tuesday

Today we continued working through the introductory unit in the textbook, taking notes on academic language for fiction and starting on poetry. We also read the excerpt from The Old Man and the Sea on page 5 and responded to the close reading questions on a separate sheet of paper. We will add to this on Wednesday.

So Many Things...

Today we began with new seats. After that I stamped the business letter rough drafts and we talked a bit about final drafts, the course description, and school pictures (Friday, 9/2). The final part of the period was spent taking notes on pages 4 and 5 of the textbook.
Homework

• Typed business letter final drafts are due (with roughs) on Friday, 9/2.
• Signed Course Descriptions are also due Friday, 9/2, and students should expect a quiz.
• English Materials and Binders (as per the course description) are due Tuesday, 9/6

The First Friday

We began the day by spending some quality time searching through the new planners. Then, after finishing and handing in the four quick-writes from this week, we spent a bit of time on the rough drafts of the letter of introduction.

HW Finish Letter Rough Draft 8/29

A Busy Day

Today we started with a brief introductory warm-up, went through yesterday's burning questions, wrote one more quick-write, got textbooks, and a new planners, and wrote the first HW assignment in it.

HW Read the Introductory Letter handout and come to class with any questions you might have.

First Day Ideas

Today we spent the short period writing and talking about big ideas and their power. Students started their first page of warm-ups and their first written assignment, some quick-writes which will be finished and collected tomorrow.