English 8

Today we began with a journal entry.

Students then read silently the story below:

http://teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/8100/Gang-Life/

While reading, students were asked to consider the following questions:

After some class discussion, we came up with the following responses:

Students then began writing a story in the first person point of view and in past tense about their life in a gang.  Of course, this story is meant to be make-believe!