February 26: Classwork/Homework

In-Class:

• I was at a conference.  Students watched film on Eugene O'Neil with the sub and took notes on his life.  Students were supposed to look for connections between "Ile" and the author's life.

Homework:

• None

February 24: Classwork/homework

In-Class:

• Journal: What did you learn during the persuasive speech unit? What was difficult?
• Sat in a circle and read the one act, "Ile" in the collections text book, pp. 47-59. We discussed the text as we went along.

Homework:

• None

February 13, 18, 20: Classwork/Homework

In-Class:

• Read our persuasive speeches out loud. Audience listened to speeches and took notes on the main ideas. 

Homework:

• None

February 11: Classwork and Assignments

In-Class:

• We did a peer review of each others' speeches.
• We had someone give their speech and we analyzed it together and talked about how to make our speeches more compelling. 

Homework:

• Bring your completed speech on Friday.

February 9: Classwork and Homework

In-Class:

• Those who brought their completed rough draft got to workshop with me on their speeches.  The rest of the class continued working on their speeches.

Homework:

• Final rough draft due on Wednesday for peer review.

February 5: Classwork and Homework

In-Class:

• I gave outlines for everyone to help them structure their speeches.   
• We spent the class period working on our rough drafts of our speeches.

Homework:

• Bring a completed rough draft on Monday.

February 3: Classwork and Homework

In-Class:

• No journal today
• I showed a powerpoint presentation on persuasive writing, based on MLK's speech against the war in Vietnam.  Students filled out a worksheet as we went along, asking them to tie the components of good persuasive writing in to their own topics.  This is to prepare them for writing their own speeches next class period.

Homework:

• Finish ALL RESEARCH for your topic so you are ready to WRITE on Thursday.