Thursday, September 30, 2010

September 30 Class plans

Writing Prompt
Pick one of the following events from this day in history and produce a piece of writing with the event as the headline
1955-Film icon James Dean dies in car accident at the age of 24
1962-Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez founds the United Farm Workers
1888-Jack the Ripper kills his 3rd and 4th victims
1927-Babe Ruth becomes first player in baseball to hit 60 home runs in season

9th grade English
-The Scarlet Ibis
-Flash Fan Fiction rough draft is due tomorrow
+Learning Objective: Students identify elements of characterization in the short story, and identify the power of the moment in this piece of writing.


8th grade writing
-Group Discussion
-Character Research
-Blog

+Learning Objective: Students use electronic resources to find and compile research about fiction characterization.

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