Thursday: Essay #1 Due

We began the day by collecting the first formal essays (and in period two, we read the titles). Students spent the rest of the period working on the Faulkner discussion questions (available at GC). Period two has no homework, but period 6 earned homework by not following directions. Pity.

Poetry Presentations

Today we talked a bit about MLA format and spent the rest of the day on poetry presentations. Lots due Thursday. Enjoy your day off!

Poetry Presentations

We began by briefly talking about essay final drafts which are due this Friday, moved on to some poetry presentation final prep time, and had our first two poetry presentations in each period. We wrapped up the day talking a bit about Jason Compson and what a lovely human being he is.

Reponse Groups & Project Time

Thursday
Groups finished response groups as necessary today and spent the rest of the period working on poetry presentations.


Friday
After some discussion about the essay drop box at GC, students had the rest of the period to finish up poetry analyses and presentations. Presentations begin Monday.

Essay Drafts

Tuesday
Today we practiced response groups by working through the process with one group in the "fishbowl." I also checked off rough drafts.

Wednesday
Today we did actual response groups in class. Most groups got through two of the three groups members. We'll finish tomorrow.

Mostly Faulkner

After talking a bit about the rough drafts that are due tomorrow, we spent much of the rest of the period talking in general about the first half of Faulkner. The last bit of the period was spent on the poetry project (while I graded and returned the dialectical journals).

Thus Endeth the Quarter

Today we began with a brief-ish warm-up on Poe's poem "The Raven," after which I collected warm-ups.
In 2nd period we began our first poetry project, choosing groups and poems, and in 6th students continued their poem analyses, which should be more-or-less complete at this point.