Sept. 29

• AR
• made bucket lists in groups
• intro to horror/gothic fiction

Homework:

• daily reading
• finish your goal-setting by the end of the week

Book Talks Schedule

Oct. 7

1. Evelyn
2. Danica
3. Kelly

Oct. 9

1. Marianna
2. Jessie
3. Vanessa

Oct. 14

1. Monica
2. Mica
3. Alexa

Oct. 16

1. Lily
2. Chiara
3. Angelica
4. Jennifer

Sept. 23, 2014

We did our original compositions today.

Most of you turned in your character sketches.

STAR assessment next class

Sept. 19

AR and character sketch work ("I've Got Gloria").

peer marking of group character sketches

Original comp next class: "Each stage of life brings new challenges."

Sept. 17, 2014

• AR
• finishing group character sketches
• Book Talks handout - pick a book by next class
• "I've Got Gloria" - Read and be ready for a character sketch for next class.

Interested in improving your sentence structure? Go here: Grammar Bytes. Find Power Points, handouts, interactive exercises, and more!

For next class:

• have "I've Got Gloria" read so you are ready for a character sketch
• have your book talk book selected

Sept. 15, 2014

• AR
• working on character sketches of June in "Two Kinds"

Homework:

Read for twenty minutes each day.

Sept. 11, 2014

• AR
• how to write a character sketch/literary paragraph
• "Two Kinds" - Is June (Jing-Mei) static or dynamic? What are three characteristics of June? Highlight the evidence in the story that supports your choice of adjectives.
• Start writing a character sketch (group work).

Homework:

• Read for twenty minutes each day.

September 9, 2014

We went over common issues in Original Comp writing:

• structural (sentence fragments and run-ons, especially comma splices)
• mechanical (spelling, capitalization, punctuation)
• tense changes
• using 2nd person (you)
• writing out of one's realm of experience

We then read a short story by Amy Tan: "Two Kinds," trying to determine whether the protagonist, June (Jing-Mei), is static/dynamic and coming up with three adjectives to describe her character.

We were interrupted somewhat today for photos.

Need the story?  Find it here: Two Kinds PDF text

Next class, be prepared to work on a character sketch of June (group work),