Room 7 Edublog

OBJECTIVES
To create grammar placemats
To fashion grammar resources

BELLRINGER
Quickwrite:
My favorite summer memory

AGENDA
Students will continue working on grammar placemats
Begin cutting out the Speech Family

HOMEWORK
Reading Response Journals

OBJECTIVES
To learn the Hebrew stories that influenced and informed Western literature
To explore story elements through the stories
To practice first or third person narrative writing
To show understanding of literary devices by incorporating 2

BELLRINGER
Genre: tragicomedy
Person: a psychic, pizza-delivery woman
Problem: there’s a funeral, but the casket is empty

Opening Line:
Every morning I wake up in the armpit of this alien world.

AGENDA
World-renown class speaker addresses class
Students sign up for a story
Hebrews – Telling a Story
Write a 1-2 page story explaining:
Social, historical, and/or cultural significance of the chosen individual or event
Point of View – Will you narrate the story in first or third person? Why?
Which 2 literary terms did you select? How will you incorporate them into your writing?

HOMEWORK
Signed syllabus and media sheet due Wednesday, 8/27
AP summer coursework due Friday, 8/29
14 Bible allusions due 8/29
Reading log

OBJECTIVES
To learn vocabulary
To understand how England’s history affected her literature

BELLRINGER
Genre: tragicomedy
Person: a psychic, pizza-delivery woman
Problem: there’s a funeral, but the casket is empty

Opening Line:
Every morning I wake up in the armpit of this alien world.

AGENDA
Fill in vocab worksheets
Anglo-Saxon PP with worksheet

HOMEWORK
Signed syllabus and media sheet due Wednesday, 8/27
5 Hero paragraph essay due Wednesday, 8/27
Reading log