Click to watch a preview of The Loving Story.
1. Homework. Students turned in their Poe stories/questions and their One-Pager.
2. Passbacks. Students received their results from the Cumulative Assessment we took last week. They each got an enumerated printout of their answers and the correct answer. Some classes also received their memoirs back.
3. Reviewing the CA. Looking at the test booklets and our results, we reviewed some frequently-missed questions and found evidence for the right answers in the text. Some classes heard a story about my former professor Cathy Davidson, told in her new book Now You See It, and her creative answers to the ACT.
4. Field Trip. On Thursday, we are planning to go on a half-day field trip to see a documentary film about the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case ending anti-miscegenation laws in the US. Seeing this film will provide students with the background knowledge necessary to enter into the shoes of Harper Lee’s 1960 to understand the events surrounding the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, which we will be reading in the coming weeks.
Download the permission slip here if you lose it: Carolina Theater Field Trip Form.
En español: Field Trip PERMISSION & Medical Spanish Version.
Here is some more information about the film: http://lovingfilm.com
Parents, if you would like to attend the film, it is free and open to the public. It starts at 10:00 at The Carolina Theater. We plan on leaving DSA at 9:00 and then walking to the theater (it’s only three blocks).
HW: Get permission slip (and medical form) signed and return it ASAP or you won’t be able to go to the film.
Absentees: Turn in Poe homework to the basket (including story, questions, and one-pager). Download permission slip and get it signed.
ALEXA GARVOILLE 