Period 1: Freshmen
Today we began our practice of SSR. We will begin most classes with silent reading, so students need to be sure to bring their independent reading books to class with them every day. Students will receive up to 3 points everyday for participating appropriately. Please see SSR guidelines if you have any questions about this process. After SSR, several groups presented their Author Study Posters. (We will finish the last 3 presentations on Monday.) We then completed the 9th Grade Narrative Diagnostic Essay, a timed writing that all freshmen in the school are completing so that we can assess the needs of our students in the area of writing.
Period 5: AP Lit.
Today we took Vocabulary Quiz #1. Then, after a brief look at the AP scoring guide, students began to look at some sample essays from this year's AP Test. For homework, students are to score each sample essay and be prepared to discuss on Monday. As well, each student should look over their own essay and score it, including a rationale. Finally, we ended class with an interesting discussion about Raymond Carver's "Cathedral" including the issues of faith, communion, isolation, drug use (Nick...), sight vs. blindness, eating and relationships.
Period 7: Shakespeare
After taking some notes about the life of Shakespeare, we looked at examples of insults and love lines from some plays. Students then had to create their own examples, and we had a few minutes to share these with the class. (Oh, dear! : )
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