Olivia’s English blog

 Today we went through an outline for writing a narrative diary entry. The steps will be useful when testing. Before you start to write you should use your Scratch sheet to plan your writing successfully. 

 Today we wrote an essay step by step. There are steps taken to make sure you properly write your paragraphs and include details. Claims, counterclaims, and thesis statements are used to convey your message. 

Today in class we were going over how to prepare to properly complete a writing prompt for the Georgia Milestones. The Writing Checklist discusses step by step how students should write. The writing task about American currency was used as an example.

 

 Today we read more of The Color Purple book as a class. After reading the book, we watched the movie that correlated with the book. I started my found poem by using parts of the story from certain letters.

 We continued reading the book today. After reading each letter we determined a theme. Everyone interprets the letters differently but there is a lesson in each letter. 

     We are finishing the benchmark test that talks about how President Roosevelt had an outlook for America and its citizens. He had ideals on life that involved happiness. Every person contributes to their happiness. America should be a place where people feel happy.

 As the break approaches we are slowing down on new class material. There will be more tests and assessments we have to take. This week will be a testing week and a continuation of the color purple. Ap tests are beginning preparation.

 My group analyzed letter 18. Another group analyzed letter 17. Harpo getting his girlfriend pregnant is interesting.

We continued reading the letters of the color purple. The class did an overview of the themes and interesting facts about the story. 

 Today we were put in groups. We are analyzing the same letter by doing different assignments. Each of them are going to be presented to teach our classmates.

Today in class we started off taking a weekly vocabulary test. Then we had a random tornado drill. After we came in and finished the test. After that we read some more of The Color Purple and discussed some quotes. To end class we resumed watching the movie. 

We analyzed quotes from the Color Purple today in class. The quotes state the details directly and indirectly some times. They can be analyzed and given themes and topics. 

In class we broke down each letter. The tone and reasoning behind details in the letters were discussed. The author conveys feelings and attitudes with each letter.