1st Per - Creative Writing: Continue working on the diary of a pet that was assigned on Tuesday. Due Friday. Turn in your journal entries I assigned you on Monday today as well. Topic: Your generation's greatest concern.
2nd Per - We are reading from page 373 in the text. There were 3 articles to read. One from Francis Bacon, one from Queen Elizabeth, and one from the Duchess Margaret. We will discuss these articles in class tomorrow.
3rd Per - We finished introducing Edgar Allen Poe to the class, and read about 1/2 of the short story "the Tell Tale Heart." Remember to keep in mind examples of irony, which comes in 3 kinds. These are identified on page 377 of your textbook.
4th Per - We discussed characterization and inferences in class today using the story "7th Grade" as our example. I asked the students to come up with 5 characterizations for 3 of the characters, and then 5 inferences for the entire story. These will be handed in tomorrow. We did a practice worksheet about this story, but it was not turned in.
5th Per - We began reading the sonnets found on pages 384 and continuing up to 390. We will dissect one of these in great detail tomorrow in class. You will get to try writing your own. Yea! So much fun!
6th Per - We read through act I, scene I together as a class with lots of discussion. It's critical to understand Greek and Latin historical references to fully understand Shakespeare - who was very well read and tried to improve how well English was received by the world at large. Most people of his day, thought English was the common, gutteral language of the uneducated and illiterate masses. Shakespeare is really one of the first who is seen as taking English to a new level that can be appreciated by the upper classes.
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