During Quarter 4, I will be hosting online after-school review sessions from 3:30-4:00 via Google Meet. English 9 review will be held on Tuesdays and English 8 review will be held on Thursdays. Please see Schoology or contact me for the Meet information.

Here's today's recap:

English 8

Today, we continued our lesson on parody and compared it to another form of humor: satire. Satire is the harsher of the two; while parody mocks something simply for comedy purposes, satire mocks things to make a point about them and belittle them.

English 9 and 9 Honors

In our continuing discussion of the historical context for our novel To Kill A Mockingbird, we discussed what the Jim Crow laws were. These laws, set in place after the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War, severely limited and sometimes outright eliminated the rights of Black Americans. In addition, this was an extremely racist time when many hate crimes were committed. This cultural racism, as well as the impact of the poverty caused by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, will create the setting for To Kill A Mockingbird. Tomorrow, we will take a look at some photos from the time period to better understand the context of the novel.