The First 6 Weeks of School

    Six weeks of school are behind us now! PreAP English seems to be rolling along. The new pacing guide's activities are keeping the students actively engaged in lessons that revolve around the theme of "justice vs. injustice". The main piece of this unit is Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Students have been practicing effective sentence structure and the correct use of quotations in writing as the language component. All of the students are using DIDLS (Diction, Imagery, Details, Language, Syntax) graphic organizers to help prepare them for a literary essay at the end of the unit.

 In world history, the year began with a geography unit. It was followed by a unit on the early Renaissance then the era of exploration. We're currently working on Absolutism and the later Renaissance period. Students completed a projects about various explorers last week which were both  informative and entertaining. 

    The novels class have been actively engaged in reading every single day. We've had a great  time!This week we're taking a break. We're watching Secondhand Lions starring Robert Duval (Boo Radley) then they're writing tall tales. These students are completing at least one novel every three weeks,  and they're completing two DIDLS and two projects during each 3 week period. Their Thinkbooks are filling-up fast! :-)