Thursday - 24 September - Blue Day

It's the end of Week 3, and we're moving on along. Lots of good things are happening in class as we develop our classroom culture and our skills for critical reading and writing. Below, there are a few notes to take you into the weekend.

English 10

I loved what we were able to do today in class. We collaborated really efficiently to build our class values and responsibilities before doing some work with vocabulary.

Make sure over the weekend to check on any missing assignments from this week or before. You can also finish your vocabulary notes as you build your word families with our roots.

The major assignment this weekend is to finish your essay planner. Use the question work you already did to do this work. Submit your slides so that you're ready to write!

AP Language

Great class today everyone as we began our analysis of Mario Cuomo's speech and applied some of our rhetorical elements in our approach. On Google Classroom you can find your takeaways/notes from the day. A few reminders for the weekend/Monday.

1 - Your mini-project is not due for a bit. Take time to consider your text. Make sure it's school appropriate. This is an opportunity to think about your favorite song or movie/tv show in a different way.

2 - Finish your work with the Cuomo speech as well as the final slides in the PearDeck for today to reflect on the speech. You may also find it helpful to draw connections between the various texts we've been working with so far.

3 - Be sure that any missing assignments are submitted ASAP. We'll begin the writing workshops (bootcamp) on Tuesday - so having your feedback in hand will help a lot.

Lastly, for everyone, Monday is Yom Kippur, and I'll be observing the fast, so I will not be available for Office Hours or to answer emails this coming Monday. Enjoy your weekend, and if you also observe the holiday, g'mar tov.