Oct 5, 2022

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

English 9

• Checking in
• (Block 2: Finishing "Freedom")
• Update on the novel project: It is due on Friday now
• Assignment due date updates
• Coming back to "The Veldt"
• Discussion: Are the parents to blame for their deaths?
• Freewrite: 
• Technology is doing more harm than good.
• Parents need to control their children's online world.
• Literary terms:
• Imagery
• Characterization
• What kind of people are these? Explain how you know.
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• Irony
• Activity
• A game, with candy on the line
• Discussion: do you want to use either of the texts so far for your assignments?
• In-text citations
• Activity
• Tomorrow, we'll dive into a TED Talk

English 8

• Checking in
• Recapping yesterday
• Reviewing details on assignments
• Finishing up analysis of "last great american dynasty"
• Thematic Statement
• Reaction
• How might you use it for either assignment?
• Advertisements?
• Reconciliation task
• Literary terms:
• Irony
• Discussion
• "Do Schools Kill Creativity?"
• Freewrite
• Distributing "In Context." For tomorrow, read "The Iron-Barred Door"