Happy Fashion Disaster Day!

Hello Wednesday, goodbye Wednesday - here's our work for the day.

English 8: Unless you have specifically spoken to me about the deadline, your interest presentations are due tomorrow. We will start presentations at the beginning of class.

We started work on our level 2 questions. Great group work in making up these questions. Remember - level 2 questions require you to "think and search" - that is, you need to look for the answers in more than one place in the book. Here are the questions we made in class:

1. Why does everyone like Sodapop?

2. Why does Cherry and Marcia accept the greasers but not the other socs?

3. How did Ponyboy’s thinking change throughout chapters 1 - 3?

4. What period does the story take place in?

5. Why does Ponyboy hate Darry?

6. Why are greasers called greasers?

Remember - don't answer the question your group made. That means you need to answer 5 of the 6 questions. Make sure you find at least 2 quotes for each answer. Answers shouldn't be more than 6 sentences each (A small paragraph, or a few sentences will do).

English 11: Great brainstorming today on the elements of The Lottery. Make sure you have a copy of your group work from today. We will use these in order to write our responses tomorrow.

Also, remember that I am available for formative feedback during most lunches, before, and after school. There are sometimes meetings during lunch time, but barring these circumstances, I am available.

English 9 SPECTRUM: Today we checked over our Limericks. Please remember to follow the format that we discussed in class! Here it is:

Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme.
Lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
Lines 1, 2, and 5 have 8 - 10 syllables.
Lines 3 and 4 have 5 - 7 syllables.

We also practiced reading limericks in class. They have a rhythm! If you're still not sure, check out limerick performances on youtube.com. There are plenty of examples of how we read anapestic poetry :)

Homework: Make a nice copy of your limerick on a square piece of paper. Decorate it. Make it pretty. Make it glorious. Here's how I'll mark your limerick presentations:

1. Oral presentation - volume/pronunciation. Did you read it properly?
2. Visual Presentation - images/graphics? colours? detail?

After we finish presenting our limericks on Friday, we'll get back into Identities.