- We started class with 4 pages of grammar. We are still working on the pronoun unit. Today we discussed Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement in Number, Gender and Person. The students completed pages 186-187, #1-19 odd, and pages 188-189 #1-19 odd
- As they worked on the grammar, we checked/collected VFA #27-28, ...Caged Bird... Paragraph Rewrite, and the Signed HW Card.
- Mr. Leal then introduced the migrant farmworker and Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez (packet page 16-18).
- The students then completed the Journal Prompt for Breaking Through.
- We spent the rest of the period discussing Essay Elements:
- The students copied down definitions for Title, Grabber, Focus Statement, Thesis Statement & Thesis Support.
- They filled in the graphic organizer for the structure of an essay
- Then we did some practice with writing grabbers.
- Homework: Write A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Paragraph; Finish Reading Breaking Through (Reader pages 78-94); Finish Reading The Circuit (packet pages 27-28); Complete Chart for Breaking Through (packet page 1); Read: Reading Lolita in Tehran (Reader pages 1-44)àDUE Tuesday May 9
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 3, 2011
Comp/Lit 10: 5/2/2011
Breaking Through & Final Essay Introduction
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