Today the 7th graders began reading A Raisin in the Sun. We began class by reading "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes and discussing it briefly. We then proceeded to take about ten minutes to write in our journals about our own deferred dreams.
After sharing sections from our responses, we moved on to discussing strategies for reading plays. First some of the actors in the class, or other people who had experience reading plays, shared some of their advice. Since is the first time many of you have endeavored to read a play, we went over some suggested strategies, found
here. After answering any questions, I distributed plays and we began reading as a class. For Wednesday, please finish Act 1, Scene 1.
Today I collected your April reading logs. If you did not have yours today or you were absent, please remember to give it to me tomorrow.
Homework due tomorrow:
-None (See below for assignments due on Wednesday)
Long term due dates:
5/4--Read Act 1, Scene 1 in
A Raisin in the Sun
5/4--Narrative Podcasts Due (directions for how to save this can be found in a video on Friday's post)
5/4--Grammar homework due on direct and indirect object
5/6--Read Act 1, Scene 2 in
A Raisin in the Sun
5/16--Grammar Test
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