Axl's first blog

Agenda
1. Poem!
2. L.C Work time!
-D.J-luminous passages (p.e.e.l)
-plot Rollercoaster
-Cover/week 1+2 Illustrations
3. Danger of....
Homework
-Rough Draft of AN-due Wednesday
-Finish L.C work
*p.2 Finish L.C Book!

First we read the poems from our English notebooks. Then a guest speaker told us about the Young MovieMakers program that is after school on Thursdays located at Mark Twain Middle School. After Ms. Witham assigned us to do our plot roller coasters. Finally, Ms. Witham went over the movie program papers and the luminous passage.

Janna Rae's first Blog

Agenda
1. Poems
2. Autobiographical Narrative
3. L.C. Work Time 
    Plot Rollercoaster
    Luminous Passages  P.E.E.L.
Homework
1. Brainstorm A.N.
2. L.C. Work and read lit book
3. Illustrations
      We started class by reciting our poems. Then we went over the agenda and homework. We also discussed how Wednesday's schedule will be a bit different because of PSATs. Today we read an example of an Autobiographical Narrative (A. N.) to show what we will write about. The example used sensory details to help the reader experience a moment out on the waves.

After that Ms. Witham handed out the Autobiographical Narrative Essay Guidelines and we discussed our thoughts about the essay and how it connects to real life. The essay should be in MLA format and we added "A. N. Brainstorm" in our table of contents.

Denilson's Blog

Agenda
1. Poems
2. LC MTG #2
3. Plot Rollercoaster
4. Final LC Project:

• illustrations
• illustrated plot rollercoasters
• luminous passages

Homework
1. Complete work for the LC Final Project (due Monday)

We started off the class as usual, reciting the two chosen poems. This time we recited "If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking..." by Emily Dickinson and "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare.  After reciting the poems we went over Lorelie's First Blog and corrected it. Then we went over our Dialectic Journal #2. Afterwards we did "Save the Last Word" with our literature groups. Then Ms.Witham showed us an example of a plot rollercoaster then we got started on our plot rollercoasters.

Lorelie's First Blog

Agenda
1. Poem-Blog
2. SSR-WNB(DJ#2)
3. Upfront-election coverage

Homework
*Continue Reading
* DJ #2 (due Thursday)
* Plot Rollercoaster

We started off the day reciting our two poems, "We Wear the Mask by Paul Lawrence Dunbar" and "If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking by     ." Ms. Witham reminded us that our last Literature group meeting is Thrusday. Ms. Witham also asked the class to rate our substitute from Friday and left us to read on our own. After a few minutes, we came to a pausing point in our books and took out our planners. Ms. Witham began to explain todays homework and introduced us to the Make-up Work party during lunch for students who really need to work on their composition book. After the kind of brief explanation, she shows us using a example what she wants to see in our notebooks, including a illustrated cover.

Misa's First Blog

Agenda
1. Poem/ Blog
2. Author's Chair
3. Finish P.E.E.L.L Paragraphs with groups
4. Lit Circle Book Perusal

Homework

• Prep for final  Malala reflection quote selection
• Finish P.E.E.L.L. paragraphs if not finished during class
• *Illustrate top 3 lines

Today for our daily class routine, we picked two poems to recite instead of four. We chose one old poem ( "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks) and a new poem ("Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare). Next we went over our daily blog which was published by Erik Goynes. Then Ms. Witham went over our homework for the night and  told us to share our P.E.E.L.L. (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Language and Link) paragraphs with our table groups for about minutes. We were supposed to be finding evidence to support our P.E.E.L.L. paragraphs and write them down on our P.E.E.L.L. strategy.

Unfortunately,  Ms. Witham had a lot planned for today but we spent the entire period on our paragraphs so she offered the Malala book to people who would like to work on it at home. After that Ms. Witham went over what we are going to do tomorrow. When we walk into the classroom we receive a writing prompt that will help us write our final reflection in-class essay. Then the bell rang and I published my bomb blog.

Erik's First Blog

Agenda
1. Poem/Blog
2. Reader's Theater
3. P.E.E.L.L.~ Review sentence frames
4. Author's Chair!*(couldn't get to it, saved for Monday)

Homework
Begin choosing an experience for your personal narrative

Today we started off by reading our four poems for the beginning of class. Then Ms. Witham explained our homework to us so that we would have a better understanding of it. We can use ideas from our Random Autobiographies to help us decide on a significant event to write about. After that we finished our final two groups for our Reader's Theater, which is the reading and explaining of certain passages of the book I Am Malala.

Then we practiced for the first time today how to do the P.E.E.L.L. (Point, Evidence, Explanation, Language, Link) strategy, which Ms. Witham gave us ten minutes to get as far as we could on, and she gave us the option of working by ourselves or with our group. Then we turned in our R.A. (Random Autobiography) and the period was over.

Estefany's First Blog

English   09/22/16
Agenda

1. Poem/ Blog
2. Current event Quickwrite } share any new information
3. Reader's Theater (evidence gather)

Homework

1.Continue Curent event Quickwrite
2.Type Random Biography *read out loud


Today, the class began with reciting our usual poems. Adding "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare. After Ms.Witham finished answering questions about our new poem we then moved on to our "Current Event Quickwrite". We then shared our current significant news with our groups and settled the objective of our assignment. After we had that done, we moved on to revising yesterdays blog. Then we continued with the Reader's Theater, in where groups shared their assertion from the book; I Am Malala.