Monday, November 15, 2010

Day Forty-Five / 11.09.10

Today you started with a quote from John Barth: “Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story." Then you presented your hero posters.

Day Forty-Four / 11.08.10

Today we started with a quote from Beowulf: "He was strong because he was good, and good because he had the strength to accept things in him that were bad." We continued working on our hero posters and the exaggeration handout.

Day Forty-Three / 11.05.10

Today you started with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” You then took the Quarter One (Q1) Survey in the computer lab.

Day Forty-Two / 11.04.10

Today you started with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.: "If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." You then continued work on your hero posters, and began working on the exaggeration handout below.

Day Forty-One / 11.03.10

Today you had a substitute teacher. You wrote on the following quote from Beowulf: "Wise sir, do not grieve. It is always better to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning." You then received the following hero outline, and began working on your own hero.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Day Forty / 11.2.10

Today we continued reading our Persuasive Essays, then reflected on the essay writing process.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Day Thirty-Nine / 11.1.10

Today we presented our posters and read our persuasive essays.