Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

MODERN PROSE

• The Usual!

CREATIVE WRITING


Writing Experiment #13

• I handed out a sheet with options, and we wrote for ten minutes.

Snapshot Poem

• I went over expectations for how to peer conference and revise.
• We peer conferenced.
• We created a final draft.  (Anyone who didn't do a final draft can do it for himework and turn it in tomorrow by 1:10.)

Portfolio

• The Portfolio Ten Table was due today, and after people handed them in, I read them, commented on them, then handed them back.
• We talked about what people can do over break to prepare for the portfolio.
• We talked about how important a vision of where you're going is!

Homework

• Writing Experiment #14 is due when we come back from break, January 4th.
• Start solidifying your idea for your portfolio, and start gathering your supplies.
• Portfolios are due TUESDAY, JANUARY 11th.

AP ENGLISH
Organization

• People turned in their Hoover notes and their Scavenger Hunt notes for me to check.
• People also turned in their Transformation papers.

A Christmas Carol

• We watched a selection of Staves I-IV from the movie.  We'll watch Stave V tomorrow.

Homework

• Post a question on the wiki.
• Bring your book club book to class.