English 1 -- Today in class students took a trip to the library where they chose their own books to read in class. From now until the end of the semester, students will read silently for the first 20 minutes of every class. As part of their final exam at semester's end, they will be giving book talk presentations about their personal choice books.
After the visit to the library, students were given an opportunity to get together with their newspaper groups to share the rough drafts they created for both their article and their advertisement. After group time, I showed students examples of an obituary and an editorial piece from the St. Louis Post Dispatch as models for the other writing pieces they will be creating for their newspapers.
English 1 Homework
Create a rough draft of your editorial/obituary
and a rough draft of your fourth "choice" piece (this is either the block of classified ads, the advice column, the comic strip, or the "Hometown Face" interview)
**For those of you who neglected to complete your homework from last class, this means that you need to have a rough draft of all 4 pieces ready for next class.
English 2 -- Today in class, students read their personal choice books for the first 20 minutes. After that, we recapped Act I Scene 2 of Julius Caesar, which we finished last class, and continued our reading of the play with Act I Scene 3. We also discussed the classes' opinions of Brutus and Caesar, and which man was more sincere in his actions (Brutus being concerned maintaining the Roman Republic or Caesar refusing the crown 3 times).
English 2 Homework
Complete the Act 1 worksheet by filling in the ovals with each character's opinion of Caesar and completing the two questions at the bottom of the page. Remember that your Quote Notes will help out a lot with this sheet.
Remember, no school tomorrow! Remind your parents to vote and keep Proposition T in mind!
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