March 1, 2016: Today in Class
B1 10th Lit/Comp
- Quick review of Act I using Reading Skills worksheet as a
guide
- Read Act II as a class
- Homework: 1) Complete Act II graphic organizer rows and
Reading Skill worksheet; 2) Get caught up, if needed (Acts I and II should be
completely done in your packet)
B3 American Lit
- Benchmark 3 reminders (Benchmark 3 Thursday: BRING YOUR
FULLY CHARGED LAPTOP)
- Gatsby Mini-Q
- Finish filling out outline in packet using “Gatsby pre
writing” Word doc on My Big Campus (under Resources)
- 60 minutes: rough draft
- Homework: Finish rough draft before class Thursday if you did not finish in class today
B4 Creative Writing
- This week: Illustrated short story
- How can illustrations make storytelling more effective?
- This week’s assignment: Write a 3-page short story that is
accompanied by 5 illustrations. Put the illustrations on (a) separate page(s)
from the story. (AKA, illustrations do not count toward your story’s page
count)
- Stories and illustrations due at end of class Thursday
- Friday: Readings of this week’s assignment
