- The students received a New Course Calendar (page 1) (page 2)
- We started the period with s few pages of grammar. We started the Modifiers unit. The students completes pages 199-200, Exercises 1 & 2 odd #'s only, and pages 201-202, Exercise 1 odd #'s only.
- The students then complete the Writing Focus Statements & Writing Thesis Statements Practice in the Literary Analysis Packet.
- We then reviewed all above mentioned activities.
- I then introduced the Final Essay Assignment. The students will write a 5 paragraph Analytical Essay where they discuss how two main characters from our readings 'break through' and find a voice, their place in the world.
- I introduced them to the various pre-writing elements that they will be completing, then they spent the rest of the period working on the Focus Statement and Thesis Statement Development Activity.
- Homework: Complete the Focus Statement & Thesis Statement Development and Complete ONE Pre-Writing Planner.
This blog is meant to keep my Composition & Literature students updated on my class. If you forgot what we did in class, or if you were absent, please check in here to find out what happened in class. This will be updated at the end of each class day.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Comp/Lit 10: 5/10/2011
Finishing-up Finding Voices, Finding Utopia & Writing Workshop
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