Period 1: Freshmen
We began the class with SSR, as we will most days. Then we finished up presentations of the author study. A survey was circulated about reading tastes and preferences: "Reading Experiences Inventory." Then we completed an activity with a brief reading entitled "The House." The focus of this activity: setting a purpose for reading. Finally, homework consisted of reflecting on the "House" activity and completing Metacognitive Journal #1. Students were asked to respond to the following question: How does my purpose help me determine what is important? How does this apply to school? Give a specific example.
Period 5: AP Lit.
We discussed the scoring of sample AP essays. Good job, everyone. Then I asked students to write a Metacognitive Journal entry describing their thinking as they scored their own writing with the AP scoring guide and specifying what they would like to work on in their writing this year. After this, we went over notes on plot and some related literary terms. Students need to read "The Country Husband" for Wed. and "Sonny's Blues" for Fri.
Period 7: Shakespeare
We began class with an introductory read-around activity with a passage of Hamlet, to begin getting comfortable with Shakespearean language. Then, we assigned roles and began reading Macbeth. For homework students should read pages xvii to xxiv and xxvii to xxxv from the Macbeth text and note the key points.
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