September 10, 2021

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

English 8

• Checking in
• Every day, we'll do a check in, where I'll ask you to do two things:
• Rate how you're feeling today, from 1 to 5. 
• 1 equals horrible,  5 equals over the moon.
• If you're comfortable, let me know something on your mind.
• Update on lockers (Fill out this form if you're having trouble)
• Photos!
• Circling back to the course outlines and Teams
• Recapping yesterday - any thoughts or concerns so far?
• Update on the Calendar
• Introducing Quiz 1 and Project 1
• Literary terms sheet
• Notes can be found on Lesson Notes document
• Connotation and Denotation
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Symbolism
• "the last great american dynasty"
• Background
• Let's give it a listen
• Offer a reaction (critical thinking)
• Reactions can be:
• What is my opinion of this?
• What other text does it remind me of?
• How does it connect to my own life?
• Activity - what examples of symbolism can you find? What they mean?
• Freewrite
• Distributing "In Context"
• For Monday, read the story "The Iron-Barred Door" on page 190

English 9

Checking in

• Every day, we'll do a check in, where I'll ask you to do two things:
• Rate how you're feeling today, from 1 to 5. 
• 1 equals horrible,  5 equals over the moon.
• If you're comfortable, let me know something on your mind.
• Circling back to the course outlines (and expectations) and Teams
• Photos!
• Recapping yesterday - any thoughts or concerns so far?
• Update on the Calendar
• Introducing Quiz 1 and Project 1
• Literary terms sheet
• Notes can be found on Lesson Notes document
• Connotation and Denotation
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Symbolism
• "Fast Car"
• Background
• Let's give it a listen
• Offer a reaction (critical thinking)
• Reactions can be:
• What is my opinion of this?
• What other text does it remind me of?
• How does it connect to my own life?
• Activity - what examples of symbolism can you find? What they mean?
• Freewrite
• For Monday, read "The Veldt"
• If anyone would like a physical copy, let me know and I'll print it out!