On Thursday we read My Body and My Body is My Business. In both instances we talked about the issue of body image and how difficult it is for young women to reconcile what the media exemplifies as beauty and what real beauty actually is. Then, we related both of those pieces back to the main theme of the year (the brotherhood of man).
I returned the Warren Pryor paragraphs and went over four of them on the overhead, showing students just how attainable a 4/6 really is and also highlighting what marks an above average piece of writing. Much time was spent with students working on their writing, while I went around and worked one-one-one with students who needed extra help.
On Friday we read an excerpt of Christy Brown's memoir My Left Foot (from Sightlines). We also watched about 20 minutes of the movie and talked about cerebral palsy. Amber spoke about the child she babysat with cerebral palsy and then, like last day, we entered into a discussion where we linked Christy Brown's story to this year's theme.
Students continued to get help with their writing from both Mr. Pfeiffer and Ms. Mallette. Paragraphs on character from the Bicycle are due on Monday.
