Finish off My Left Foot movie

Your Sightlines unit test was written last day and today we finished watching the film My Left Foot.  Students also learned that I prefer to eschew the watching of videos in my class.
Updated marks are below.

Interim Report Cards were handed out today!

Students spent the first half of class on the first big test of the year:  the Sightlines 10 test.

The second half was spent watching My Left Foot, the academy award winning film. We watched the first 67 minutes of the film.

I handed back the My Left Foot paragraphs and each student received an interim report card.

Euphemisms and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Students were reminded of their tests on Wednesday.
The paragraph on My Left Foot (discuss Christy's mother) will be due on Wednesday.

We discussed the Civil Rights Movement today and listened to an excerpt from the famous I have a dream speech.

Students had an exit slip assignment:  Has Dr. King's dream come true? Explain.

This is a Test and Test Outline

Today we read the play "This is a Test" and we worked on our paragraphs from last day.  Those paragraphs are due on Monday.

There will be a Sightlines 10 test next long block -- Wednesday, Oct. 7th
There will be 20-30 multiple choice questions. There will also be a section where you have to read a story, answer questions, and write a literary composition.

You will be responsible for knowing the following pieces of writing:
Meditation XVII
I Am a Rock
The Face in the Pool
This is a Test
Self-Portrait
Nonconformist
The Bicycle
Envy
The Ninny
My Body is My Own Business
Warren Pryor
My Left Foot
Dreams
I Have a Dream

You should also be familiar with how to write a literary paragraphs (email from my nephew) and all the new terms and words we've learned (here are just a few): allusion, ambiguity, vanity, metaphor, bigotry, nonconformity, free verse paradox, cliche, synonym, lyric, idiom, taut,  pithy, solitude, thesis, narcissistic, jargon, imagery, vague, juxtaposition, colloquial.

My Left Foot p. 71 - Writing about character AND Test next Wednesday

Students learned today that there will be a test next Wednesday.  It will have 20-30 multiple choice questions.  Also students will have to read a story from Sightlines and either answer questions or write a paragraph.

Today we reviewed our work last day when we read My Body is my Business and talked about bigotry and wearing hijabs. Students last day also learned about cliches and proverbs.

Today we learned about abbreviations and acronyms.

Students received a handout on personality traits and took a few notes on how to write about character. Students had a chance to mark and grade three paragraphs on character.

Then students read "My Left Foot" on p.71 in our textbooks and given the following assignment:
Using what we learned today regarding writing about character, discuss Christy's mother in the story "My Left Foot. " This will be due either Monday or Tuesday of next week.

We will work on this paragraph during part of tomorrow's class.