Monday, May 14, Day 147

Don't forget to post an 8-sentence summary on your Reading Blog each Tuesday and Thursday. Please include the title and pages read.


Theme for the Year: CONNECTIONS

As you leave my classroom, 
be sure to thank someone 
for helping us have a good English class. 

Homework Assignment
1. TRIBUTE FOR GAELEN.
2. Post a summary on your personal reading blog by tomorrow night. You have 3 weeks left to earn some serious points for your personal reading. Go for it!
2. On Google Docs, write one compliment and two suggestions on your partners' second body paragraphs of essay 11. Pay particular attention to their use of an 
appositive as sentence closer
  and a participle as subj-verb split. Please be specific in your comments. 
3. Memorize the first 31 lines of "Ithaka" by Thursday's class (down to "not expecting Ithaka to make you rich".)


Today's Lesson Objective
Today, I hope you will come to a clear understanding of how some of our class songs can be used on Poetry NIght. 

I hope you will also come to a better understanding of The Tempest.