Hello! Here's what we're up to today:
- Eng 9
- Checking in
- Important note: all missing or redone work must be done before Thursday, November 19th, for it to count towards the midterm
- List of missing work
- Progress report: where do we stand in this process?
- Reminder of criteria for final submission
- Prep for essay
- How to make a Works Cited List
- Mr. McLean's Writing tips
- Peer editing evidence
- The best thing is for someone to write all over your essay, offering advice
- The second best thing is for someone to leave a final note
- The least best thing is to take a picture of someone looking at your work
- Time to work
- Monday, hand in your essay - we'll start on Shakespeare!
- Eng 12
- Checking in
- Silent reading
- Small change in reading schedule
- Small change to the essay assignment
- Important note: all missing or redone work must be done before Thursday, November 19th, for it to count towards the midterm
- List of missing work
- Student presentations are delayed - renewed presentation schedule
- Time to focus on creative write:
- Discussion: when you tell a story, how much do you embellish? Do you think a lie can tell a story more truthfully?
- Beginning of Big Fish and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
- Choose your story
- Do you want to make the mundane remarkable?
- Do you want to make a pivotal moment as big as it felt?
- Choose how you might turn it into a tall tale
- What genre? What tone?
- For Monday:
- Come to class knowing the true story, and the direction you want to take the tall tale
