Turn in your Dracula fan fiction by the beginning of your class period on Tuesday here.

As a reminder, please see if you can find a copy of The Glass Castle some time over the next few days. Here’s the copy you need.

I’m worried that we won’t have enough to check out to everyone, and if that winds up being the case, we’ll have to have some people reading the electronic version.

Happy Friday, and Happy End-of-STAAR (at least for English)!

Today we went over Dracula Vocab List 4; please make sure to complete your Vocab.com and study for your quiz on Monday.

With the second half of class, students began working on a piece of creative writing inspired by Dracula:

Dracula Fan Fiction

Your task for this assignment will be to compose a (short!) piece of fiction inspired by Dracula.

• It doesn’t have to be a complete story (although it can be) – you’re aiming for about 500 words. It could just be a scene.
• It should take some element that was present in the original novel and develop or expand on it. You need both substance from Bram Stoker’s text and your own creative imaginings. Some possibilities:
  • How did Dracula actually become a vampire?
  • How would Dracula get by in the world of 2019?
  • What’s the deal with the vampire ladies?
• HAVE FUN! And make it something that your reader (me!) will enjoy!

This will be due on Tuesday, and you’ll also get the time after the quiz on Monday to work on it.

We’re almost done with Dracula! Today in class, we listened to and discussed the first part of the last chapter; for homework (due Friday), please finish the reading guide (Dracula Reading Guide – Chapter 27).

Some last-minute reminders for the test tomorrow! (Reminders for Taking the ELA 1 STAAR Exam) Good luck — I know that you will do well!

Tomorrow you will be writing your last pre-STAAR essay: here is that prompt (STAAR Preparation Essay 2 Rubric).

Homework for tonight is Chapter 24 (Dracula Reading Guide – Chapter 24).

This week’s extra credit film will be a little different (Dracula’s Legacy — Free Choice Film Analysis Extra Credit) — you can choose which film you would like to see and watch it at home.

In class, we had more STAAR revising and editing practice, and we’re on Chapter 23 for Dracula homework (Dracula Reading Guide – Chapter 23).

Today we did some practice for the STAAR revising and editing section. Homework is Chapter 22 (Dracula Reading Guide – Chapter 22)!

We took our Dracula-themed critical reading exam in class today! For homework, please read Chapter 21 of Dracula and complete the reading guide (Dracula Reading Guide – Chapter 21).