Oct 25, 2021

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

English 8

• Start of day freewrite
• Checking in
• Recapping last class
• Student presentation(s)
• Teacher notes
• Discussion on the novel: What did you think? Should we continue teaching it next year?
• Brainstorm and feedback on pivot in the course

• What is working?
• What would improve your experience of the course?
• Time to start work on your essay. Let's take a look at the Structure of an Essay document, and start a practice essay on the Lesson Notes document
• Would you like a physical copy of the essay document?
• Checking in about your plan
• For tomorrow, to stay on schedule, come to class with a complete plan done.

English 9

• Checking in
• Recapping last class (and touching on some of the ideas from those chapters)
• Student presentation(s)
• Discussion on the novel: What did you think? Should we keep teaching it?
• Brainstorm and feedback on pivot in the course
• What is working?
• What would improve your experience of the course?

Time to start work on your essay. Let's take a look at the Structure of an Essay document, and start a practice essay on the Lesson Notes document

The movie! A heads up on violence in the film, and disturbing themes.

Reaction to what we saw today: What was different? What was a decision that the director made that you noticed? What's your opinion so far?