January 26-27

Day 1, January 25 we completed an ice breaker and discussed the course. Students should have brought home forms for signatures. In honors, this included a permission slip for our first quarter novel. 

Day 2, January 26 we began notes for our first unit; RHETORIC.
In Honors English students read and annotated a speech from Nelson Mandela and taken home a template for summarizing the speech in their own words. 

Day 3. January 27 we continued our work of summarizing and paraphrasing using the Nobel Speech from Malala Yousafazi. Students used a template to complete a summary in their own words.