Nahom’s English Blog

At the start of today’s block schedule class, we had to choose our own group. We began by opening up our Chromebook's and answering questions from Scene One. Later we read as a group to each of our assigned characters. After we finished our reading, we then answered the rest of the questions about Scene Two. When we were all done, we were given free time for the rest of the class.

In today’s class we read the play Fences. We had four people chosen by Mr.Rease to read and act aloud the people in the story. We also had a worksheet to do in which we listed out quotes we found interesting, the characters traits and looks, key events in the story, two themes, and lastly a short summary. Everyone in the class will have to read. Lastly we will do an assessment on this story.

In yesterday’s class we had a new assignment based on a play book called Fences. We read on an autobiography on the author named Augest Wilson. He was the son of black woman and a German man, who later abandoned them. We also read a quick story about the setting, and what the book was about. Lastly we answered question about literal and metaphorical fences.

In today’s class we finished our packets from yesterday. We answered the questions from the video and finished the portion of the children’s information. We have two more pages to complete. One being questioned about other kids about with these situations. Another being about kids in the U.S, and whether or not we take advantage of the situation we have. Lastly we have to write a paragraph about our thought on the video.

In today’s block schedule class we posted our one pager to our blog’s. We then watched a video titled -On the Way to School.- We answered questions about the name’s of the people, the country they lived in, there route to school, and their motivation for going. We also answered questions about how we go to school, and different countries culture and customs. We will continue this paper on Friday.

 

In yesterday’s class Mr. Rease told us if a new assignment. This assignment is due Thursday. On one page we have to write ten rules we followed as a child. A horrible event we witnessed in the neighborhood. A drawing of our family, an eye sore, and lastly a drawing of our neighborhood. We will present our assignment on Thursday.

In today’s class we took notes on characterization. We learned two different ways authors will portray their character. Direct characterization, when the author tells us the kind of character the person is. Indirect characterization, when the author uses different techniques to have us figure out the kind of character the person is. We learned an acronym that helps us understand these different techniques (STEAL). S stand for speak, T stands for thoughts, E stands for effects, A stands for actions, and L stands for looks. Lastly we did a worksheet where we had different characters from The Rockpile, and we had to provide of an example of each STEAL, and how that tells us a certain character trait about them.

In today’s block schedule class we read a story from James Baldwin. The story was called The Rockpile. The story was about a boy forbidden to go to a Rockpile on the street. The boy still ends up going and the brother is forced to tell the truth to the parents. We wrote questions asked by Mr. Rease, and followed him as he was reading.

 In today’s class we presented our poems. We went up to the class and on the computer showed our poems. We read them aloud and had to tell them two themes of our poem. We spun a wheel to decide who would present. In the end I couldn’t present my poem because we were out of time.

 

In today’s class we took a test on the poem Constantly Risking Absurdity. We spent all week preparing for this test. The test featured thirty questions and we were able to use our notes. We had all of the class period to finish it. The grades for the test came in and I got a B.

 In yesterdays’s class Mr.Rease handed us a new assignment. We had to write our own poems. We have to write forty lines of poetry and use metaphors, similes, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and alliteration. We have to identify two themes of our poems, and title it as well. We present them Monday for the class.