Picture Retakes - April 6, 7, 8th
ELA - Students will be competing with poems of their choice in a Poetry March Madness Bracket competition this week. We will also begin our new YA Choice Novels this week.
Writing - Students will begin planning and drafting their Young Author manuscripts in a genre of their choice. We will look closely at fanfiction this week as a possible choice. All manuscripts will be short stories (5 pages), fiction, essays, non-fiction articles, and/or poetry.
Optional Assignment: Students can win $500.
American Writers Museum Student Contest Prompt - Writers and their work have been part of massive changes in our history. From Alexander Hamilton to Ida B. Wells, writers' works have a huge impact on how people see the world. For this contest we ask students how they would use writing to create change they want to see in the world, and explore it in any form of writing that works for them: an essay, a short story, a poem, a play, a song, just so long as it is between 200 and 1000 words.
Civics - Students will be finishing up our Civics curriculum with a mural project on how power is used in schools. We will begin to explore the Jon Burge Reparations Won curriculum toward the end of the week.