Tuesday February 2, 2010

Comp/Lit 9: To Kill a Mockingbird

• We started today with a QUIZ covering TKAM Chapters 1-4.
• During the quiz, I checked homework (Reading Response Journal Chapters 1-4, and Group to Serve)
• I passed around a sign-up sheet where students indicated the group they will work with for the service assignment.  After today, students may not change their group.
• After the quiz, the students completed pages 17-18 in the grammar binder-Imperative Sentences.
• Once all of the quizzes were completed, we discussed the grammar concept.  Imperative sentences make a command and have the implied/understood "you".
• I reviewed the homework for tonight.  The students will write a one-page (two-paragraph) summary of the group they will serve.  The 1st paragraph will includes the students' general knowledge of the group; the 2nd paragraph will include the students' feeling about and interactions with the group.
• We then corrected the TKAM Chapters 1-4 quiz.  This started our discussion of the novel.
• We then spent time reviewing details from chapter 1.  Students are expected to add notes to their Reading Response Journal as we discuss in class.
• Homework: Pre-Service Paper (Two-paragraph Summary of the group you are serving); Read TKAM Chapters 5-7 w/Reading Response Journal by Monday Feb. 8; Read A Raisin in the Sun Act I w/Reading Response Journal by Wednesday February 10