April 26

English 10 (C&D)

Today we started off class reviewing the what a run-on sentence is and how to fix them.  Next we looked at capitalization rules and using quotation marks for dialogue.  Students completed a worksheet.  For the remainder of the class we read the short story"The Possibility of Evil."  We read this out as a class and we reviewed reading strategies (predictions, questioning, connecting etc.).  Next class students will be asked to write an alternate ending to this story in class.  

Humanities 8

Today we discussed the important characteristics of a good short story.  Both class did a great job of identifying conflict, characterization, point of view and theme as key items to work on while writing their castle stories.  The remainder of the class was spent working on brainstorming or starting a rough draft.