Makayla’s English Blog

Today in Mr. Rease’s class was very informative. Our lesson was lead by student teacher Ms. Cook, and we first started with a bell ringer. The bell ringer today was to tell whether or not killing in the army was justifiable. This bell ringer led us into our work period, in which we read a short story called “Ambush.” We then worked in groups to further use evidence from the story to determine whether or not killing in the army is or is not justifiable. 

 I believe that we should have a free day because most of us as students work hard all throughout the week. Many students have jobs, homework assignments, makeup assignments, and more. I think that sometimes students are deserving of a break to catch up on things, or just to simply rest. Additionally, whatever we miss on this day, we can speed up our pace of learning and learn the topic another day, while not taking up too much time on it. 

 Today during class we were presented with a real life scenario of a drunk driving car accident. 

 Today we started class by a few of my peers presenting their Black Businesses in Metro-Atlanta projects. I really enjoyed seeing and learning some of the Black Owned businesses in my area. Then, we watched a short film about Black Americans In Upperclass. We took a few notes on the video as we learned about different career paths and a look into some of the riches daily lifestyles. 

 Today we studied and completed activities for Vocabulary 4. 

 Today we worked on our black businesses in metro atlanta project.

Today we were taught by co teacher Ms. Cook. First, we did a bell ringer on what we thought oppression looked like. Then, we read and analyzed a poem by Langston Hughes called "Harlem". After that, we did an activity on our dreams. We wrote a poem or a few sentences about our dreams, then we were done for the day and received candy.