Thursday, January 29, 2015

Speech Sharing

Share your speech with afilipovic-bajamic@myndrs.com or fabafb@gmail.com.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Jan. 20


  • trivia winner: Christina

  • STAR Assessment
  • short story: "All-American Slurp"
  • video clip from Joy Luck Club

Next day: analyzing theme, conflict, symbol

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Jan. 12 & 14


  • Type up and submit your poems electronically
  • Working on "Cheesy Love Song" project (writing lyrics to a cheesy love song using either borrowed or original music then recording a performance of it with an accompanying video or slide show)
  • solidifying speech topics

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Jan. 8, 2015

Today’s 5-minute write: 

Crunch, crunch, crunch. I trudged on wearily, gazing at the abyss of white before me, desperately hoping I was travelling in the right direction. Glancing at my watch and making a quick calculation, I saw I had been walking for 178 minutes.

We then had our impromptu speeches.

Those of you who had come up with topics for the persuasive speech ran them by me. If your topic was approved, I asked you to start developing your three points.

Next day:
  • Impromptu speeches for those who wish to redo them or for those who were absent
  • Work on persuasive speeches