What a great way to start getting Jazzed up for Homecoming than to have some POEMS read aloud every class period about who made homecoming court! Great job StuCo for including language arts!
Reading - Today we read and were shocked by A Good Man is Hard to Find. Vocab Test Friday!
Brit Lit - Discussion of allusions, Beowulf's heroicism, Grendel's monstrosity and moved on to reading Beowulf's welcome.
21st Century - Beginning Resume's and cover letters. We discussed why resume's are important and looked into some different more creative ways students can do these.
Creative Writing - Disussion of Backstory using death row inmate's last meals.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/12-pictures-of-death-row-prisoners-last-meals
English 9 - What is creative non-fiction? What is a reliable or an unreliable narrator? How do memoirs fit into these categories?
English 11 - Distributed The Road and due dates. Read the first section and discuss what is happening and what do we learn right away. Begin discussing Cormac McCarthy's choice of leaving out most punctuation.
Reading - Today we read and were shocked by A Good Man is Hard to Find. Vocab Test Friday!
Brit Lit - Discussion of allusions, Beowulf's heroicism, Grendel's monstrosity and moved on to reading Beowulf's welcome.
21st Century - Beginning Resume's and cover letters. We discussed why resume's are important and looked into some different more creative ways students can do these.
Creative Writing - Disussion of Backstory using death row inmate's last meals.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/12-pictures-of-death-row-prisoners-last-meals
English 9 - What is creative non-fiction? What is a reliable or an unreliable narrator? How do memoirs fit into these categories?
English 11 - Distributed The Road and due dates. Read the first section and discuss what is happening and what do we learn right away. Begin discussing Cormac McCarthy's choice of leaving out most punctuation.