Agenda
Take a minute
Blog - Corrections
Reader's Workshop
Week 7: Song
Essay Intros
HW: RJ 7.4 T.O. Ch. 5
Start of class
First the bell rings, and everyone gets in their seats and writes down the agenda. Ms. Nakada plays the take-a-minute video, then Leslie gets up and reads her blog aloud. When she is finished I am chosen to write the blog next, and I move to the front table.
The Outsiders
We start discussing Ch. 4 and how Cherry admits to Pony that she might fall in love with Dally, who she was very annoyed at before, and how she might ignore Pony if she ever saw him again. We also review the scene at the park when Johnny and Ponyboy are jumped by Socs and Johnny kills Cherry's boyfriend, Bob. Then, they go to Dally for help, and he gives them some supplies and tells them to go to an abandoned church. Ms. Nakada says that this chapter has a lot in it, but the next one will be calmer.
Week 7: Song
Ms. Nakada explains the lyrics of Rage Against the Machine's song "Freedom." She explains how it has a lot of references to playing games. Then, we write down our favorite lyric and the meaning of the song, which is the Native American A.I.M. and Leonard Peltier's conviction. Ms. Nakada's favorite lyric is "Inka, inka, bottle of ink." She asks Ezra if he is playing games, he responds, "Yes," and she relates it to the song.
Banned Books Week
Ms. Nakada passes out banned book prompts, and everyone chooses whether they want to do an informative, argumentative, or personal essay. We begin thinking about what we will write for our essay intros tomorrow and Ms. Nakada begins her own personal essay. While we are writing, the bell rings.
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