Wednesday, April 4, Day 121

Don't forget to post an 8-sentence summary on your Reading Blog by tomorrow night. Please include the title and pages read. 

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

   Write the first body paragraph of Essay 10, and post it to Google Docs. Please go to the upper left of the Docs page and title your essay , "Jimmy essay 10", using your first name. Also, please share it with me and your partners. 

TODAY'S LESSON

Today you will learn (I hope) something about the kind of drama Shakespeare tried to put into his plays, particularly in The Tempest. 

STEPS IN THE LESSON

1. Check Essay Maps

2. Poetry Madness poems

3. The drama in the opening scene of The Tempest.