Jazz & the Prologue

Today we talked a bit more about the Bildungsroman, watched a clip from Ken Burn's Jazz, and barely scratched the surface of the prologue. Read chapter 1 for tomorrow's class.

MC Review and IM

Today we finished our look at the multiple choice final and started thinking about Invisible Man. Students should read and annotate the prologue for HW.

Essay Review

Today we spent some time looking at the timed essay from the final exam, wrapping up with students scoring their own essays.

Essays Due

Today students had much of the period to do their essay cover sheets and hand in their final drafts. Both assignments are at the top of our Unified Classroom page.

Peer Response

Today we spent the day reading and responding to essay drafts. We will hand in final drafts together in class on Tuesday.

The Revision Checklist

Today students began the revision process on their literary analysis essays. The checklist is at Unified Classroom.

Work Time

Students had the period to work on their literary analysis essays. Drafts are due Thursday.

CRAs=Body Paragraphs

Today we started with a poem and model CRA, looked at three quick tips, and reviewed the POL CRAs (the slides are here). Students then had some time to continue their essays.

More Essay Work

After reviewing some claims from the Frankenstein timed essay, students had the period to continue working on researching, planning, and drafting their essays.

Essay Time

After doing a practice annotated bibliography entry (below), students had the period to research and plan their essays. We wrapped up with a quick exit ticket which students handed in with the warm-up.

Essay Topics and Research

Today we started thinking in a serious way about the second major essay for this class. Slides, handouts, and database links are at our Unified Classroom page.

Articles & Essays

We spent the period reviewing the essays assigned in class yesterday. These were collected at the end. We also started thinking about the next essay.

Resolutions & Reading