Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

MODERN PROSE

  • We read for seventy-five minutes today.
  • I did book chats with people in need of them.

CREATIVE WRITING


Revision

  • We reviewed page 49, and we read over our Life at Thirty rough drafts, and then we had thirty minutes to revise to final copy.
  • I also handed out the Life at Thirty Guesses sheet for tomorrow.
Santa's Helper Preparation
  • We talked about point of view, jobs, and potential questions we'll have to answer.
Organization
  • We had a paper pass-back and a folder log-in.
Sharing
  • We shared a few more Autobiographical Poems on the Big Screen.
Homework
  • None, unless you need to conference your Musical Memory.
AP ENGLISH

Critical Approaches
  • The following duos presented and did a nice job with the information:  Biographical, Deconstructive and Formalist.  We all took notes.
Independent Reading
  • We had half an hour to read and start the Reading Journal for George Orwell's "Why I Write".
Homework
  • Spend ten minutes thinking about how to organize your Mango Motif Outline for tomorrow's in-class writing assignment.
  • Finish reading the essay, and answer the RJ questions.

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