English 1 - Manic Monday

Tomorrow should be a rather busy day in English 1.  My two classes will be doing different things, both requiring lots of energy and preparation.  I hope I can handle it.  To help you follow what is happening and what students needs to bring, here's a brief preview.

Period 2 - Dust Bowl Gala

The early class is going to the cafeteria for a 1930s party, wrapping up our latest benchmark on that time period.  Students need to dress up in character of their choice and have the following:

1. Business Letter: Set in the 1930s, students wrote a letter to a friend or relative about the topic they researched.  The situation is imaginative, but the facts should be accurate.
   
2. Placemat: Students should have a decorated placemat, a collage of the 1930s era.
   
3. ID Card: For the role students choose, they must create an ID card.  This card can be for an invented person, or an actual historical figure from the 1930s.
   
4. Costume: Students should dress in the role of a person from the 1930s.  Extra credit and prizes will be given to the best dressed.

Period 4 - Winter Wonderland

The later English 1 class will have more of a Christmas tone to it.  Students will participate in a gift exchange, and it is important that they attend and have their gift.  I don't want others to go without.  Here is what they need to make tomorrow a memorable event.

1. A giving attitude.
   
2. A gift: The gift can be something they make, something bought, or something they bake.
   
3. A hat: Something Christmasy, if you have it.
   
4. A memory or tradition: Students will be sharing memories of Christmas or traditions in their family and culture from this season.  Even if they don't celebrate the holiday, most have traditions and memories connected to the season.

On Tuesday, we will switch activities.  The early class will enjoy a Winter Wonderland Gift Exchange, and the later class will experience the 1930s.