Emily Gerrity's Classes

9th Grade: Happy Halloween. Check out this power point for what we did to celebrate this spooky day! HW: NONE halloween 11th Grade: Review this Powerpoint to break down what we did in class. Dickinson Day 2 HW: Annotate #327

9th Grade: We presented our convict ballads and discussed ‘The Drover’s Wife” DroverEm HW: Complete Story Board   11th Grade: If you were out please review these two helpful Powerpoints. See me for poem specifics Dickinson Day1Em Dickinson Day 2 HW: Annotate according to last slide on Powerpoint #2

11th Grade LOTA: Introduction to Emily Dickinson poetry We completed our discussion of “I started early-Took my Dog-”. Please annotate according to the PowerPoint guide: Dickinson Day 1   HW: Annotate #511 and #510. Students should use the yellow step-by-step guide to annotate the poem and to come to some conclusions about this abstract poem. […]

11th Grade: Today we completed our Unit Presentations and began an in-class literary analysis. Students will have more time to work on this next class. HW: Rest and Relax and check SYNERGY!

9th Grade: If you were out please see this Powerpoint for our lesson: breakingspirit breakings HW: Complete formal paragraph, if needed. Read Absalom Day’s Promotion and answer Questions 1-8.   11th Grade LOTA: Today we completed the preparation for our Gothic Unit Presentations. See yesterday’s blog for the attachment. Be sure to turn in your […]

9th Grade: Today we completed our discussion on the film “Rabbit Proof Fence” and watched the apology to Aboriginal People by Paul Rudd. We also counter that with a clever piece Burnum-Burnum. Please read these in your packet. I introduced the convict perspective. Please see the following PowerPoint: colonization wooreddy Homework: Read “Breaking a Man’s […]

9th Grade: Hi 9th Graders! Today we discussed the importance of perspective when discussing sacred texts. We watched clips that helped to serve a deeper awareness and understanding of Aboriginal Australians. We also created connections between our Australia unit and Aboriginals  in North America. australia day 3 HW: NONE!   11th Grade: We completed a […]

  11th Grade IB LOTA We began with a quick scavenger Hunt quiz on our two Hawthorne stories thus far. I reviewed Chiaroscuro technique and we looked at how Hawthorne uses this in his writing to “paint a picture” of the scene. After further annotating our text for elements of Gothic literature, we broke into […]

11th Grade LOTA We completed out discussion of “The Young Goodman Brown”. Groups shared their story boards showcasing one quote with group analysis. We discussed the inner meaning revealed through Hawthorne’s techniques and symbolism and discussed how this is a moral allegory and a Puritan story. If you were out, turn in your story board. […]

9th Grade: Today I gave out a yellow ticket for the assembly on Friday. Were you out? See me for one tomorrow! We continued our work with stories from Aboriginal Writer. We will continue with a very important discussion on perspective next class- as I absolutely see a need to clarify and  understand our perspective […]