- We read for about seventy minutes.
- Several people worked on book reports, and a few people had chats with me.
George Orwell's Animal Farm
- We talked for a few minutes about chapters 1-2, and I clarified what a "vice" was.
- We took the quiz over chapters 1-2.
- I passed out the study guide for the rest of the novella.
- I did some dipstick quizzing on the new vocabulary.
- We talked a little about what revolution is, and what conditions have to exist for revolution to occur.
- Powerpoint--The Russian Revolution--Mr. Hoover gave us so much good information about what lead up to the Revolution. His Powerpoint was great, and his lecture was really interesting. We saw a lot of connections between what he talked about, and what we'd read in chapters 1-2 last night.
- Read chapters 3, 4, and 5.
- Check your understanding by quizzing yourself over the study guide.
- We will have a reading quiz tomorrow.
CREATIVE WRITING
Point-of-View/Perspective--Writing Experiment #9, I AM A TOASTER!
Point-of-View/Perspective--Writing Experiment #9, I AM A TOASTER!
- Today, we weren't ourselves. We took on personas to type a poem.
- I talked about what a persona poem is, and I jotted down some questions for you to think about as your persona.
- As a class, we came up with some possible personas (a kitten; a baseball; a tree; a bottle of mustard; a peanut butter sandwich).
- We took twenty minutes and typed our poem, then did some last-minute thinking about spacing, editing, etc.
Point-of-View/Perspective--Santa's Helpers
- We reviewed the things we'd discussed before about this project.
- I handed out a preparation sheet that everyone needs to complete for HOMEWORK for tomorrow. This sheet will help you establish your persona as an elf.
Sharing
- We shared almost all the rest of the Autobiographical Poems. Kathleen and Margot will share tomorrow.
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