L.A. 8
We are wrapping up Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet. This week, we talked about dreams and irony, and we also did a little bit of acting in the form of tableaux. Students are also practicing finding the main idea in a piece of complex text. I've also started to grade notebook checks on Interactive Notebooks: students must have pages complete and neat in order to earn 100%.
Contemporary Lit.
In Contemporary Lit., we are still making our way through Macbeth, slow and steady. We are finishing up Act 4 with some discussions on prophecies, and we had a little fun making our own spells and comparing Macbeth to Harry Potter. We also talked about socioeconomic class and how it relates to Macbeth. Next week, I plan on finishing reading Macbeth, then wrapping up the unit after the New Year by writing an essay about it.
Writing Lab.
After practicing a few pre-writing strategies, we have started our "Gift of Gratitude" scrapbook with the first writing assignment: a Memory List. Students are writing out 25 memories of the subject of their scrapbook, with ten pictures. Memories need at least 2 full sentences each.