Wednesday, December 10, 2008

English 1 - 1930s Business Letter



Today was Samantha's funeral, and above I have included a few more pictures.

In class, we are wrapping up the Guided Research Benchmark on the 1930s.  Today, students began writing a business letter, reporting on the facts that they gathered from the articles.  By now, students should have one source card per article and a total of at least 15 note cards.  In the letter, students imagine that they are living through the depression and are writing to either a friend or relative who lives far away, explaining to them either what is happening, what they have seen, or whom they have met, depending on their research topic.  We began the rough draft of that letter in class.  What was not finished should be completed for homework.  Tomorrow, we will type these letters, thus concluding the benchmark.  Next week, students will attend a 1930s party for which they should dress up and during which they will present their research and learn about others' work, all in character.  That should be a fun event.

Homework and Reminders
  1. Works Cited page for the research is due tomorrow.  Students should use www.easybib.com to help them.
  2. Vocabulary/Grammar 11 homework is due on Friday.  We will have our last vocab test then.
  3. Friday is the last day to turn in make up or late work.  Please talk to me before then if you want to make up any work.
  4. 15 AR points are due by next Wednesday, 12/17.  This is worth 10 percent of the student's grade.

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