Today is Slaughter-House review day for English 12. I put them in groups and gave each group 3-4 characters and a questions they needed to answer from the book. They had to work in groups to find the answers, then discuss them and tell the rest of the class about them. I was really happy with how they did this and how it turned out. If they read the book faithfully and listened in class, they should do well on the test tomorrow.
In creative writing, we started to prep for our short story. We discussed as a class what makes good fiction and bad fiction. We did this by talking about some of our favorite stories, some of our least favorite stories, and what made us love them or hate them. We compiled a list, then we made a list of "rules" we wanted for our class short stories. We will continue to add to this list before and during our writing.
I spoke in cluster again today, and this time it was on how I teach introductions for narratives. I use movies and teach this as a narrative is just a story and movies are stories. Kids seem to relate to this, and they get it. I presented this same lesson at the Hoosier Writing Project and received great feedback on it, so I thought it would be a good one to present. The feedback I got in cluster was just as positive, and I think I may have shown my colleagues something they can actually use. Professional development at its finest.
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