1st block:
3rd block:
4th block:
- We discussed semantics and how to make the meaning of your writing match your intentions.
- Some of you caught up on your nonfiction work (article, MLK speech)
- You wrote your own speech giving advice to middle school students on how to be successful in high school.
- You worked on some review/revisiting homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings).
3rd block:
- We reviewed memoirs and vignettes including your House on Mango Street excerpt "Hairs" and figurative language questions about it.
- You took the Unit 1 Common Assessment
4th block:
- Some of you caught up on your nonfiction article
- We read a speech by MLK, Jr. and answered some guided, open ended questions about the speech and how it applies to your life.
- You wrote your own speech giving advice to middle school students on how to be successful in high school.