Sweet 15: Another Look at Emigre
This film will take us to the end of the first quarter and will allow for the publishing of our class vignettes, The School on Blue Ridge...
Vignettes and the Return of BINGO!
Last week, we searched for examples of literary terms in Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street. Studentsfound two rows of examples and...
Publishing Vignettes!
Our School on Blue Ridge Drive is almost complete! Today, we have officially written and edited all three of our drafts. Two drafts...
BINGO! Literary Terms
Next week, we'll have some fun actually playing Bingo and winning prizes!
Racing to the End of "Blue Ridge Drive"
Yesterday, we peer edited our first two vignettes; today, we brainstormed the third and final vignette. This 100-300 word creative...
Latino vs. Latina Writers
The House on Mango Street teaches us to recognize the social expectations and realities of different ethnic communities. Even with the...
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...
Researching Names
This is in preparation for writing our own vignettes, following the writings of Sandra Cisneros. This assignment, The School on Blue...
