Mrs. Baxter's English Page

We finished our assessment unit (midterms).  We discussed the rhetorical pattern of compare/contrast as we are going to write a compare/contrast essay.  To write this essay, we are viewing the film "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989-Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy).  We will be comparing/contrasting this film to the novel "Of Mice and Men."  It is recommended that you take notes during the film.

We finished the novel "Of Mice and Men" and had a Socratic seminar for points on Tuesday. I collected your questions for points.  We discussed Tone homework.  We finished the film, OMAM.  Thursday, we took the vocabulary quiz over the whole novel.  Friday, we will proceed with midterm assessments.  Soundtrack assinment due Monday.

We wrote word streams about spring break and shared. We then answered some comprehension questions about Of Mice and Men, sections 1 and 2, and discussed.  We copied vocab words for sections 1-3...we will be having a vocab quiz at the end of next week.  Read section 3 by Wednesday...Finish the book by Friday.  Photo writings are due on or before Friday.

Your essay is due today. JUST FOOLING!  Happy April Fool's day:)

SSR, looked at annotation samples and ideas, discussed Symbiosis articles.  We then went to the lab to work o

We worked on grammar packet (commas) and will go over that on Thursday.  We discussed essential questions and did a writing about relationships.  Homework: read and annotate the 2 symbiosis articles.