Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Modern Prose

• We read!
• I had book chats with people who needed them.

Creative Writing


Due

• Journal #2

Portfolio

• I showed the slideshow of past projects, and we talked about the requirements on page 22.

Writing Assignment
WE #5:  Earliest Memory

• I told a story (my earliest memory), and then everyone grabbed an iBook and typed for fifteen minutes on his or her earliest memory (one-two paragraphs).
• I passed out a poem I'd made out of my earliest memory paragraph. 
• We talked about how the paragraph and the poem were different.
• Everyone went to work to type his/her poem, then saved, printed, and turned them in.

Organization

• We had a paper pass-back, and we did a folder log-in.

Reflection

• We went over the Unit Overview on page 3 to see what we have learned, and what we're still learning.

Homework for THURSDAY (none for tomorrow)

• Twenty words/Death of Language

AP English

Due

• Professor Foster annotations:  It's More Than Just Geography
• You've finished Frankenstein.
• You have completed at least one page of notes for your art response essay.

Professor Foster

• We discussed the geography chapter.

Housekeeping

• I passed back reading quizzes, and we discussed the items as needed.

Vocabulary

• We got into our Vocab War teams, and we shared words we had used thus far.  
• I defined several of the new words, and people recorded the definitions.

Romantic Art Response

• We went to the Dartmouth link on my blog, and we read the information there about how to write about art.  
• We worked on adding to our notes for this essay (two pages due tomorrow).

Homework

• Two pages of notes on your art