Monday, February 11, 2019

Finding the Quirks: February 11, 2019

Focus: How can we lay a strong foundation for our Fences unit?

1. Warming up with three good things and Connect, Extend, Challenge

2. Enjoying a quirky writing exercise on your empathy monologue family member; sharing your discoveries with the class

3. Exploring and questioning the family tree and set-up of Fences
  • Sketch the family tree.
  • What are you seeing
  • What does it make you think about individual characters? About this family?
  • What wonderings (questions) do you have?
  • Read the opening summary with the same inquiry-based focus: Connect, Extend, Challenge
HW:
1. If you missed out on any of today's writing exercises because you weren't sure which family member you were going to choose, or you were absent, please make up the exercises tonight.

2. This Friday, February 15, marks the end of the first 6 weeks. Please submit all make-up work, revised work, and missing work by 3:45 this Friday. Also, if any of your grades are incorrect, please e-mail me by Friday. After Friday, all grades in IC will stand as they are.



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