Thu Aug 7 - Fri Aug 8,2008

Thu Aug 7
Pds 1, 2
1. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with word #1. figurative and defn.
2. Check your 5 facts about yourself by passing papers back.
3. Write your quiz by adding two wrong choices
4. Discuss listening rubric: shoulders, eyes, nod, smile
HW Finish at home if not done by end of class
Pd 4
1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 5
1.Terms I and II and summer Quiz.
2. Four Handouts:
• Grading and other policies/ Essay Analysis Form/
• Composition Correction Symbols & a Few No No’s/. Swovelin’s Personal Correction Symbols
• Poetic Form and Structure/ Epic--Lyric--Dramatic Poems
• Homework: Practice Free Response Question 1 Take 40 mins to organize and write. If you want more time, draw a line after 40 mins, then continue writing.

Fri, Aug 8
Pds 1,2
1. 1. Check quizzes
2. Ask and answer questions aloud. Talk about yourself and each other. Find one thing you have in common and write it on your papers. Select a question about your partner to share with the class in your presentation of your partner.
2. Begin writing Essential Vocabulary list with 1, 2, and 3
Pd 4
1. Presentations of Partners with 1 qstn and 1 common fact
2. Vocabulary review
Pd 5
1. Hand in essay.
2. Go over handouts on Grading, analysis form, & Symbols. Get handout on essay topics for both summer books.
HW: Select book for first composition with the other for an in-class essay. The first "composition" will be due Monday, Aug 18. It will be a minimum of 600 words. After you select a book for this one, and a topic, write your thesis ( main idea and two to four supporting ideas). Show me your proposed thesis and outline with subtopic details ( I. A.B. II. A. B. minimum) on Monday for 10 pts.