Response Groups

Pacing & Tone

Today we worked on adding some nuance to our recitations by considering pacing and tone.

Essay Drafts

 After a bit of recitation practice, students had the period to revise essay drafts.

POL and Essay Prep

Today we began by writing out our POL poems by hand. After some talk about priorities, students had the rest of the period to work.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we started by chunking our essay and working on plans of development (POD) in preparation for essay drafting over break. Students should post revised thesis statements with PODs to Google Classroom. Also, watch for essay planning and drafting handouts over break. You don't have to use them, but they may be helpful!

Essay Topics & POL

AP Ashland and more POL

We started the day talking about the annual AP Ashland trip—reserve your spot by dropping a note (and your deposit if possible) by my classroom ASAP; it's first come, first served and there are only 13 spots.
The rest of the period was spent on POL annotations, etc.
Essay topics are due tomorrow!

Essay #1 & More POL Time

Today I assigned the first essay (here's the handout), and students had more time to work on finding their POL poems and starting their annotations.

Poetry Out Loud!

We spent the whole day on Poetry Out Loud. Everything you need, including links and handouts, is at Google Classroom.

Circle Time

Today we spent the period discussing some of the big ideas in Candide in preparation for tomorrow's timed essay.

A Return to Candide

Today I collected the exit ticket from the end of class yesterday, and then we applied the same principles of brevity and clarity to today's Candide work.

A Bit of Candide, but Mostly Poetry

Today we spent most of the period on some rather good conversations about poetry.

A Quiz & Some Poetry

We began the day with a quiz on the end of Candide and then began the poem presentations we created Tuesday.