Tuesday

7th grade classes--Today we reviewed prepositional phrases and infinitive phrases. Students worked on exercises created to mimic a quiz they will take in class tomorrow. The quiz is open note and is worth 30 points.

After that, we continued our conversation on themes. Students received examples of their own themes from current works they are reading. I then asked students to mark each statement as an F (for fact) or T (for theme.) We had some interesting philosophical conversations about the differences between themes and factual statements.

For workshop today, most students chose to work on their Book Talk assignments.

8th grade classes--We continued our conversation on themes. Like the 7th grade classes, we had conversations about the differences between theme and facts. Students came up with some interesting anecdotes to match themes, too.

In my homeroom class, we went over the 12-Step Process for Prompt Writing in anticipation of tomorrow's prompt writing assignment. My 4th period class will receive this information tomorrow.

All classes--2 Inferring entries due Friday, November 9.

Have a great evening.

Fondly,
Mrs. V~