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.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
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.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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.
HW: Warm-Ups Due Tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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.
Monday, October 22, 2012
"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)
HW: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Questions, p. 247, #s 1, 3-6 (7= extra credit)
Friday, October 19, 2012
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.
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