Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Monday, February 25, 2019

Ch. 13-18

Today, after a quick quiz, students met in their groups to discuss the chapter, then shared their revelations with other folks in class.

Friday, February 15, 2019

Chapters 11 & 12

After a quiz, we discussed the chapters as a whole class and in groups.

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Sonnets for Valentine's Day

Today we wrapped up the presentations from yesterday and started our look at sonnets. The notes are below.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

The Vet's Sound & Sense

We began with a close reading of the vet's advice to IM, followed by a look at sound and sense in poetry.



Monday, February 11, 2019

Chapters 7-9

After a quick quiz and some talk about the book so far, groups met and did a bit of character work. We'll get to the vet tomorrow.


Thursday, February 7, 2019

Meter Review

Today we had a quick meter quiz and then spent the whole period practicing.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Meter & Ch. 3-4

After a quick review of poetic meter, student spent some time in groups considering chapters three and four of IM, focusing especially on theme.


Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Close Reading & Meter

After a bit of close reading from chapter 2, we spent the rest of the period on poetic meter. Chapter 3 & 4 of IM tomorrow and more meter Thursday.

Monday, February 4, 2019

Conflict, Cavemen, & Invisible Man

Today we had a quick quiz on chapter two, practiced conflict with the caveman commercial, and then met in literature circles groups for the first time. Keep reading. The schedule is at Unified Classroom!

Friday, February 1, 2019

Chapter 1

After discussing the prologue in a general way, we did a bit of lit circle prep, applying the summary and character slides to chapter 1 of the novel.