"We Wear the Masks" part 2

In cultural studies the students completed their own masks, some with a desire to hide, and others with a desire to reveal an essence of how they see themselves. The students then did a silent gallery walk, observing each others' masks and bio-poems. They wrote down their reflections about what they saw, and pondered the question, in relation to their classmates and themselves--Who are we?


Photographs of the masks and poems will soon be posted on this blog.


In Language Arts the class is working different ways of summarizing literature. The students are using the, Sentence, Word, Phrase, thinking routine, and impressionistic journal entries to summarize a work of fiction.


Next week the students will all be given a copy of Maniac Maggee, by Jerry Spinelli, which will be the first novel we will be reading as a class this year.