Period 1: Freshmen
SSR, then a few students shared some of their descriptive writing homework. (Thanks!) We then read Chapter 1 in Of Mice and Men. Homework is to finish up the Chapter 1 study guide by Thursday.
Period 5: AP Lit.
Anyone want to share their modern-day Holden writing? (Thanks, Joel. Hilarity.) Then we read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and discussed how it could be related to Catcher. Then we discussed thoughts, questions, insights and observations from the Catcher reading. Assigned alienation essay. Rough draft due in class on Tuesday 10/14, final draft due 10/16.
Period 7: Shakespeare
We read Act 4, scenes 1 and 2. Time to work on and update golden lines and contradictions. News story assignment: choose an event or episode from the play and rewrite it like a newspaper article. Be sure you include (you will be graded on): a catchy headline, an interesting lead/intro., descriptive and accurate retelling of the facts and details, correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. Due on Thursday!
No comments:
Post a Comment