Don't forget to post an 8-sentence summary on your Reading Blog each Tuesday and Thursday. Please include the title and pages read. Remember to post a 3-sentence comment on the poem of the week,
by Wednesday night.
TODAY'S LESSON AND HOMEWORK
Theme for the Year:
CONNECTIONS
Remember -- as you leave my classroom,
be sure to thank someone
for helping us have a good English class.
Homework Assignment:
Finish reading TOTC, Ch. 20 and 21, and do the usual very careful notes on both chapters
for tomorrow
for tomorrow
Lesson objectives:
Today you will learn more about making an essay map.
The Steps of the Lesson
* Read aloud from TOTC (30)
* Discuss speech topic, and have a look at Edward's first draft (5)
* Read the poem for the week -- "Letter Home", and discuss (10)
* Discuss speech topic, and have a look at Edward's first draft (5)
* Read the poem for the week -- "Letter Home", and discuss (10)
* Break (2)
* Review the process for making an essay map (5)
* Work on Essay 9 in computer lab (30)
