Today we did the final. It is an in-class synthesis essay.

We talked about the Howe-Strauss generational archetype theory and listened to a podcast from the author.

We read an article on "Rebel Cool" and how it came and went.
Then we talked about it.

The expository essay is due next time. We will color code it in class with colored pencils.

We had a handout on living in the past, present, and future. Then we read chapter 6 and talked about name, new beginnings, and time.

We read chapter 5 then discussed the Facebook article and social media.

We worked in the writing lab to do the final draft of our Schaffer model essay.

We read chapter 4 and annotated an article about how social media makes us depressed. 

We read chapter 3 and had an assignment to assess our health in 5 areas.

We read chapter 2 and talked about. 

We read chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby and answered questions on a handout. We also are observing the book's point of view.

We peer edited 2 other students' essays and then we answered questions and discussed elements of having a dream and ambition.

We finished drafting our outline and first draft of our expository essay.

We also handed in our book projects.

4th term, here we come!

We finished our expository essay rough draft and our peer reviews.

We went to the library to look for a book for 4th term.

Then we had a think with ink called "Selfie" about self-image in American culture.

After that, we had time to finish drafting our rough draft.

After a fun puzzle to get more familiar with the Shaffer model, we worked on our outline.

We started our expository unit. We chose a type of vehicle to research and then we researched it.
Start with a thesis question and then what type of expository essay you will choose out of the 5 options.
Print 3 articles and then annotate them for 3 main ideas.
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Today was senior registration presentations in the lab.

​We wrote our last poem and then finished all other poems from the unit.
Then we had the rest of the time to read.

We had our next argumentative writing prompt in the writing lab.
​If you missed this day, you need to make it up outside of class time.

Today we wrote a cheesy Hallmark card poem, a happy and a sad poem about the same moment, and a poem with some made up words.

We looked at words that Shakespeare invented and then we each invented a new word.

Then we invented a new word for a group of a species. 

Then we wrote 3 short poems and used the newly invented word in one of the poems.

We finished our second poem called "A Bunch of NounSense" and started our next poem which is a dialogue poem.
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We looked for a moment in a picture from a textbook. We wrote down imagery words from the picture, then we wrote a poem to capture that moment.
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After reading, we finished our Bloomberry pie quiz.

​Then we started our poetry unit.

We watched the film, worked on book projects, and did ACT practice.