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.