Warm-up (week 5)—Wednesday Wise Words What is the meaning of the following quote? Do you agree? How does it relate to your life or the world? Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.– […]

Testing Day! 8:30am-12:30pm–Grade level activities 12:35pm-1:05pm–Lunch 1:10pm-2:15pm–Teacher Office hours 2:15pm-3:30pm–Study Time – Library, Cafeteria

Warm-up(week 5)—Tuesday Terms Freedom Writers Work Day Reflections due by end of the period Reflections will NOT be accepted late!!! HOMEWORK: None

Warm-up(week 5)—Monday Mistakes WEEK 5 No Red Ink—Punctuation w/Conjunctions #4 Punctuation w_Conjunctions #4 Lesson Exercises Freedom Writers Diary 137-142 Reflections BEING THE CHANGE: Diary 140: This Freedom Writer hated going to rehab but came to realize it was the right decision. Describe a time that you had to do something that you “hated” but looking […]

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No Red Ink—Punctuation w/Conjunctions #3 Punctuation w_Conjunction #3 Lesson Exercises Freedom Writers Read, Diary 131-136 Reflect HOMEWORK: Finish reading Diary 131-136 & work on reflections

Freedom Writers Group Activity Present Poems Collect Read, Diary 118-130 Reflect DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Diary 118: This Freedom Writer’s father inflicts abuse on the writer and the writer’s siblings. The author ends the entry by saying that they will break the cycle of abuse. We learn many things from the positive role models around us and […]

No Red Ink—Punctuation w/Conjunctions #2 Punctuation w_Conjunctions #2 Lesson Exercises Freedom Writers Change Poem Read, Entry 8-Diary 117 Reflect HOMEWORK: Finish reading Entry 8-Diary 117 & work on reflections

Warm-up (week 4)—Friday Figurative Language Collect No Red Ink—Punctuation w/Conjunctions #1 Punctuation with Conjunction Lesson #1 Exercise Freedom Writers Read, Entry 7-Diary 113 Reflect POVERTY Diary 100: After being evicted, this writer states, “It seems like hope is the only thing I have to hold on to.” What is meant by this? Explain a time […]