Tuesday, February 9

Shortened class today due to lockdown drill.

Students proofread 2 sentences of DOL 9-4 (B).

(Short) choice time reading/writing.

Corrected and rewrote DOL.

Finished PowerPoint on writing a literary analysis essay.

Charted sample literary analysis essay on page 346 of Elements of Writing on a Persuasion Map.

Read Gateway student literary analysis essay, and began charting it, also, working in pairs.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.

Monday, February 8

Silent reading.

Collected reading logs.

Finished PowerPoint notes on writing a Literary Analysis essay.

Read sample literary analysis essay on page 346 of Elements of Writing (Kinneavy and Warriner, Third Course).

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.

Friday, February 5

Ms. Bishop absent; Ms. Leis subbed today.

Of Mice and Men review with Jeopardy game.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.

Thursday, February 4

Short choice time.Students who needed to add to or revise their Theme and Foreshadowing notes did so before turning to reading/writing.

Finished watching the movie version of Of Mice and Men.

Discussed differences between novel and movie, and some of the reasons for the director's changes.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.

Wednesday, February 3

Short choice time.

Reviewed requirements of the Theme and Foreshadowing handouts as prewriting; students who needed to add to or revise their work did so before turning to reading/writing.

Continued watching the movie version of Of Mice and Men.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.

Tuesday, February 2

Reminder: hand in yesterday's reading logs!

Review of Foreshadowing assignment; Choice time. (Those who have not yet finished their Foreshadowing worksheets completed those.)

Reviewed characteristics of a literary analysis paper (as opposed to a book report or book review) and reviewed example statements from Ex. 3 on p. 343 of Elements of Writing. Discussed reasons each was or was not appropriate for inclusion in a lit analysis essay.

Continued watching the movie version of Of Mice and Men.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.

Wednesday, January 27

Groups worked to collect examples and supporting quotes for each of four possible themes for Of Mice and Men listed on the Themes worksheet.

Groups continued presenting Chapter 5 Vocabulary.

We began watching the film of Of Mice and Men.

DUE DATES

Mondays: Weekly reading logs due.

Fridays: Weekly writing due.