Characters with Character

Our second unit in English deals with Characters with Character.  We started our unit out by focusing on a person who has ideal character.  It could be a real person, imaginary, or literary.  Some students created symbols to represent their ideal character.  The symbols also included words or phrases that depicted the character.  Below are a few of the outstanding examples that students created.  

Keenan West: Secret's Mean Stinks Anti-Bullying Tour Coming to MJHS 11-25!

November Dates to Remember

• 11-11 PTA Meeting 6:30
• 11-14 Interims
• 11-21 Talent Show- doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7:00, $5 admission
• 11-25 Keenan West Assembly  http://keenanwest.com/
• 11-26, 11-27, 11-28 No School, Thanksgiving Break

Josh Cares Dodgeball Tournament

Students at MJHS participated in a dodgeball tournament benefiting Josh Cares this past week.  MJHS raised a little over $1000 for the organization.  To learn more about Josh Cares watch the video below.  

Wrapping Up Courage Unit

Mrs. Mendralski's classes are wrapping up their unit on courage.  Students read a variety of types genres where characters and events demonstrated courage.  All students wrote an argumentative paper that discussed which character from our reading displayed the most courage.

Below are some pictures of the social media project that the honors students created for characters from Farewell to Manzanar.

Unit 2 will focus on Characters with Character.  Our essential question for the unit is, "How do authors fully develop characters?"  To start off the unit students will be writing about their ideal "character with character".  Then, all students will be reading the novel Dragonwings by Laurence Yep.