Coming-of-Age
Today, we talked about bildungsroman, the literary theme and genre of a child growing to adulthood. Almost every YA book or movie has...
First Writing Project: The School on Blue Ridge Drive
Last Thursday, students received the assignment sheet for our class writing project, The School on Blue Ridge Drive. Today, students...
Vocab Reminders
Please remember that vocab lists last two weeks. Regardless of how often or what kinds of review we do in class, the vocab quizzes (every...
EOC Test Strategies
Today, we went over the big problem from the Style Assessment: written responses! These are often called "free responses," "written...
Researching Names
This is in preparation for writing our own vignettes, following the writings of Sandra Cisneros. This assignment, The School on Blue...
Media Center Orientation
Today, we visited the media center and were oriented to the services and locations of all the great resources offered there. Big thanks...
Test Results and Grades
Your scores for the Style Test are officially in Infinite Campus. Many of you did not do so well on the written response sections. We...
Literary Terms: The End of the Beginning
Alright, kiddos! We are just about done with all the "boring" stuff here at the beginning that will serve as a foundation for the rest of...
First TEST!
Please review the Style Chart in your notebooks. I have included the definition review at the bottom of this post. LEGEND: Element of...
