It has been a busy month!
We are into the 2nd card marking now. Parent teacher conferences are going well. Summative assignments are being submitted and posters of Book Reviews are being hung around the room. Routines are established. Learning is happening!
For the past 3 weeks, we have been reading and learning about Richard Connell’s short story, The Most Dangerous Game. As of this post, (Wednesday, October 17th) All students have now finished reading the short story. Most of the classes have finished the 1932 film version of the short story as well, which most students really enjoyed.
We have been working on creating plot diagrams to keep track of the elements of this short story (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution) and we have also answered analytical questions about the characters. The plot diagram was completed and collected today. 
We also discussed what we would do if we were in a survival situation, and 1st hour is even working on a fan-fiction version of the story.
On Friday of this week, all students will be taking a summative reading comprehension test of The Most Dangerous Game. Students will be given a passage from the text and will be asked to explain different elements of the story based on the passage.
Next week we will begin Unit 2, which is all about identity. Great work on Unit 1!
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