Today in Class--8th ELA

Today in class, we're going over the sentence structure quiz you took yesterday.  See the handouts sidebar. 

We're also continuing The Outsiders film and working on Chapter Seven of the novel.  This is such a classic story!  We'll see how the directors of the film handled the fire scene today. 

• Why do directors sometimes make different decisions than authors about the way they present stories? 
• If you directed a "today" version of the movie, what would you change?

Today in Class

Today, in class, we continued watching the film version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

• Why do directors make the decisions they do?  For example, why would this director comine the characters of Miss Rachel and Miss Stephanie?  Why do we see the Atticus & Football Scene so much earlier than we do in the novel?
• How do directors show the characters' character without being able to use the inner dialogue (thoughts) that writers use?

We're also continuing to prepare for the CRCT.  Today in class, we're checking the 2011 Sentence Structure Practice.  See the handouts link in the sidebar!

TEN regular class days until CRCT!  You can do it!

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