We continued writing our group essays today – please make sure that your group has yours printed and ready to turn in at the start of class tomorrow.

Your last Glass Castle Reading Guide is due tomorrow.

We began today with a discussion over Reading Guide 5. Our last reading guide for The Glass Castle is due on Friday – Glass Castle Reading Guide 6

For the remainder of class, students worked in groups to produce an extended essay analyzing one of the Walls parents. I will also give you tomorrow to work in class, so please make sure that you bring your laptops.

Today we completed Close Reading #5: TGC Close Reading 5

Please make sure that you bring your Reading Guide 5 to class tomorrow. You’ll also need your laptop and a Google account.

We took our Glass Castle Vocabulary 2 Quiz today – if you missed it, come make it up on Friday. Students also started their GC Reading Guide 5 (Glass Castle Reading Guide 5) – it’s due on Wednesday.

Please bring your laptops on Wednesday!

Lots going on today:

1. We discussed Reading Guide 3 and passed out Reading Guide 4: Glass Castle Reading Guide 4
2. We talked about the essay that you will write in class tomorrow: Family Essay Prompt     Family Essay Rubric
3. We talked about your Glass Castle Vocabulary 2 list in preparation for your quiz on Monday: TGC Vocabulary 2
4. And students began working on Glass Castle Close Reading #3: TGC Close Reading 3

On Wednesday we finished our viewing guide for A Place at the Table.

Today we talked about characterization; students worked on charts about characters from The Glass Castle. If you didn’t finish yours in class, please bring it to me tomorrow.TGC – Character Analysis

Happy Leap Day!

We took our Glass Castle Vocab 1 quiz in class today – if you missed it, please come make it up on Friday. Students spent the rest of the period working on Glass Castle Reading Guide 3 (due Thursday): Glass Castle Reading Guide 3

Today we did another close reading over TGC: TGC Close Reading 2

Homework is to complete the second reading guide: Glass Castle Reading Guide 2

Please remember to study for your Glass Castle Vocab 1 Quiz on Monday!

Today we went over the Glass Castle Vocabulary List 1: TGC Vocabulary 1

Students also began viewing a documentary about hunger in America; here is the viewing guide: A Place at the Table – Guided Notes