In Classes: 3/19 thru 3/25

English 11-2 B/D Days, Block 1
English 11-3 B/D Days, Block 3
English 11-1 A/C Days, Block 3

The following activities have taken place during the past two classes:

1) Paragraph Proofreading Practice: "Birdwatching in Australia."

2) Two more Writing Journal Prompts were assigned in-class:

a) Writing Journal Prompt 5: My Own Private Utopia— A utopia, according to Webster’s dictionary, is “any place or state of ideal perfection.” One person’s utopia might be a country where discrimination does not exist and all lifestyles are tolerated. Another person’s utopia might be a huge city full of clubs, theaters, and restaurants. What is your idea of utopia? If you could design the ideal society, what kind of laws would govern it? What would it look like? What kind of people would live there?

b) Writing Journal Prompt 6: Like Hemingway— Read the following passage from Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises. In it, Hemingway conveys gloominess and dread by describing the weather. “In the morning it was raining. A fog had come over the mountains from the sea. You could not see the tops of the mountains. The plateau was dull and gloomy, and the shapes of the trees and the houses were changed. I walked out beyond the town to look at the weather. The bad weather was coming over the mountains from the sea.” Write a passage that conveys a mood by describing the weather and what is happening as a result of the weather.

3) The teleplay Brian's Song was completed and the 1971 movie version was watched. Questions from the Brian's Song Student Guide were assigned for completion in class, and along with the Timeline of Events was collected.

4) Students were assigned to read the remainder of their Independent Reading novel and the final two-part project was distributed and reviewed for clarity. The are both due on April 1st for classes 11-2 & 11-3, and April 2nd for class 11-1.

Homework due next class:

1) Independent Reading novel projects due: April 1st for classes 11-2 & 11-3, and April 2nd for class 11-1.

Remember, it is YOUR responsibility to see the teacher PRIOR to Advisement and arrange for a pass when you need assistance with any home/classwork.

Read Up and Write On!