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Friday, October 16, 2009

FRI, OCT 16, 2009

FRI, OCT 16

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Check Seafarer qstns & hand in
3. Get essays back
4. Make notes “Essay Comments” listing College/Application Essay, Strongest trait, Weakest trait, and Other for things you need to correct on the next essay. Hand in essay and notes.

Pd 2
1. Discuss rubric for AP exam essays, your list of qualities for a top essay, and what words in the “O” essay illustrated each quality. Hand in.
HW: Evaluate Blackberry essays based on the rubric from yesterday’s handout. Comment to explain why you rated it as you did.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check the 50 words for the Merchant’s tale. You may write about the next tale on the same paper.
3. Watch tales, write
• who told the tale and
• what happened. Eventually we will make connections between the tale and the pilgrim telling the tale.
4. Write 100 words comparing the Merchant’s tale to the Pardoner’s tale, what is similar and what is different.