This week in English class we are working on tasks related to books we are reading. In tenth grade, we finished Animal Farm and we selected group projects today. We will work on these and share them with the middle school students next week. Each group chose either a written, creative, or dramatic way to share information about a topic relating to the book. Some of the topics are themes of leadership, literacy, rights and oppression, or historical information about the author, the elements of the plot, or how this book is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. We generated questions before choosing topics and projects, so we have some real interest in the information we will gather this week. We also had a great first day as a combined sophomore class, with 26 students. It allows for many ideas to be shared and more variation in student groups. I'm excited about working with this wonderful group of students all together!
In ninth grade, we practiced character analysis by writing bio poems for the protagonist of our book. We actually started by writing them about ourselves, then moved into writing about the character. It warmed my heart to watch every student in the 4th block class consult their book to find character traits as they wrote their poems! This is the time of year when students exhibit growth, as I saw during this learning activity today. Bio poems are due on Wednesday and we have a vocabulary quiz on Wednesday as well. We will finish our books at the end of next week, then we will have some culminating activities before taking a final test on this book.
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