September 25th and 29th

25th
Today Kristen shared her piece.
Homework:
Revise your pieces. I will read them on Tuesday night, so make sure they are revised on your blogs.
Read the section on Mothers and be prepared for a reading check.

29th
Classwork:
Take a reading check over the section on mothers.

Classwork and Homework:
Write a piece about your own mother OR a mother figure in your life. Make sure you use sensory details.

September 21st and 23rd

Today we are sharing our post secrets.
We are going to talk about the reading assignment, and we are going to spend some time writing.
Wednesday we will edit our friend pieces.

Blog WIKI

September 3

Today we wrote about 8 things that are important in terms of understanding/knowing you (the things that make you YOU).

We shared some of the things we listed with the group.

We also listed 1-6 things people would noticed if they looked at us.

Today we looked at/shared post secret assignments and created blogs.
We talked about some things that might happen in a school that would make it so that students did not feel safe, welcome, or respected based on their (or their loved ones'):

Gender
Sexual Orientation
Race
National Origin
Disability
Religion

Cross the line activity.

I...

have played sports in school.

have traveled to another country.

am going to go to college

am going to be the first in my family to go to college.

have a step parent.

have been followed around a store when I shopped.

have broken someone’s heart

have raised/or killed food for consumption.

abandoned my faith at some point in my life 

have had someone close to me die 

love someone who has been or is in jail 

have someone that I love effected by alcoholism 

have been on welfare or social services 

am close to someone who is homosexual 

or someone I love has a learning challenge.

have caught myself judging someone before I met them.

have been bullied for something I have no control over.

have a friend or family member who has been sexually assaulted or raped 

have a friend for family member, or I was abused as a child