The Personal Narrative Begins

Today we started the brainstorming process for the personal narrative. By the end of class, students should have had a good start on a brainstorming web like the one in the image below. These should be complete by Friday.

The Personal Narrative

Today Ms. Voss introduced the personal narrative essay assignment, the first major, revised essay of the year. We will continue working through this tomorrow.

More Autobiography

After reviewing the "I Know..." vocab words for a warm-up, we talked through the story questions which were then collected. We wrapped up the period by reading and discussing Richard Wright's autobiographical piece "The Rights to the Streets of Memphis."
HW: Warm-Ups Due Tomorrow.

Benchmark #1

Today students spent the period writing the quarter 1 benchmark timed essay.

Unit 1 Test Review

Today we spent the day reviewing the Unit 1 test in preparation for the Unit 2 test, which will be this Friday.

"I Know Why..."

Today we looked more closely at the end of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" during the warm-up. Then, after discussion the upcoming benchmark essay test (Wednesday), the Unit 2 Test (Friday), and the end of the quarter (also Friday), students had time to start of the HW.
HW: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Questions, p. 247, #s 1, 3-6 (7= extra credit)

Friday

We began the period reviewing what we read yesterday, starting a new page in the "Current Work" section and doing margin questions B and C. After that, we finished the story.

Mentors Matter

Today we began with the concept of the mentor, reviewed the methods of characterization (p. 237) and then read the first few pages of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

Transition

We began the day by wrapping up the essay revision activity from yesterday which was then collected. After some discussion to wrap up our study of "The Necklace," the classwork/homework from Monday was collected as well. We finished the day by adding the vocabulary from page 237 to the "Selection Vocabulary" section of the binder.

Essays Back

"The Necklace"

Today we started with a little Vocabulary Practice (p. 219) in the warm-up, and spent the rest of the day working on questions 4 through 9 on page 218. These should be finished for HW.

Homecoming Chaos

Today we finished "The Necklace." We will work on the questions on Monday.

Toga Day!

Today we started with a short warm-up and then read through page 214 in the story "The Necklace," doing the margin questions as we read.

Status

We started with a warm-up about the idea of social status and how it is determined at EHS. After reviewing the notes and HW from yesterday (and turning in that HW), we added the vocab from page 207 to the "Selection Vocabulary" section of the binder.

Unit 2 Intro: Part 2

Today we finished the Unit 2 introductory notes and started on the close reading questions (on pp. 187, 189, and 190) which should be finished for HW.

Unit 2 Begins

Awash in tie-dye, we began Unit 2 today, adding the notes from pages 186, 188, and 189 to the "Notes" section of the binder.

Wrapping Up Unit 1

Today we continued where we left off yesterday with our work on "Incident in a Rose Garden." We also talked a bit about the Unit 1 Exam which will be tomorrow.

A Bit of Poetry

I returned warm-ups today and we had our first new warm-up, a review of poetic terms. After finishing and handing in the vocab assignment from yesterday (below), we read "Incident in a Rose Garden."

MDG Vocab

Today we handed in the MDG work from Friday and Monday and I collected the compare/contrast essay. We worked on the vocab on page 76 and then talked about connotation and denotation and did the exercise at the bottom of page 76 to end the period.