Mr. McMullen's Course Blog

• 8-1, 8-2 and 8-3 students have continued their study of sentence structure.
• All students have watched the 1951 film Strangers on a Train and have drafted or are in the process of drafting their movie reviews.  8-5 students are expected to hand-in their drafts on Tuesday, May 22nd, and 8-4 students are expected to do so on Wednesday, May 23rd.
• All students have complete a research activity, and grades should be handed back in the near future.
• Students have continued to meet with Mr. McMullen and discuss the use of text-features in a small reading.

Upcoming

• A study of the reading strategy “synthesizing”.
• Rant performances on May 23rd.
• Students will analyze how to write “responses” and will write them.

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May Newsletter

• All classes have published their rants; they should be ready to view on my website by May 23^rd.  In addition, students will be performing them on May 23rd.
• All classes have finished presenting their text feature presentations.
• 8-1, 8-2 and 8-3 students continued their study of sentence structure.  8-4 and 8-5 students will begin the study of sentence structure in the near future.
• 8-1, 8-2 and 8-3 students have begun writing a movie review.  8-4 and 8-5 students will begin the study of the “movie review” shortly.
• During the next few reading classes, all students will conference with Mr. McMullen about their use of text features.