Mr. Beer

Over the past two weeks we have started our drama unit with the play Fences by August Wilson.  I have really enjoyed the work you all have done so far and look forward to having discussions as a class about the issues the play brings up. 
If you have missed days over the past two weeks, [...]

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Happy March to you all!
I hope you enjoyed your three-day weekend, even with the blustery snow and cutting lake-shore gusts.  I feel like those of you who put a lot of effort towards your poetry books and performances did a great job!  There were some outstanding projects, and there were even three of you who [...]

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Here is the rubric for the Poetry Anthology assignment.  I have also included the 5-Day Break Checklist.
If you missed this past week, you really missed out on some awesome opportunities to improve your creative writing and poetry skills.  I really enjoyed working with you all and loved seeing your improvement!  If you missed, here’s the scoop:
Assignments and [...]

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This week we began our Writer’s Workshop.  Our focus will be on developing individual student writing skills while at the same time, learning how to recognize and use poetic devices.  This is all part of our Poetry Anthologies that each student will be making. 
The Poetry Anthology project is worth a total of 230 points!  By far our [...]

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