In-Class:

• Students completed a 40 minute in-class essay on The Kite Runner
• For extra help on the difference between summary and analysis.  The teacher passed out Summary and Analysis Handout. 

Homework:

• Complete The Kite Runner Major Works Data Sheet for Monday

In-Class:  

• Handed out essay prompt (Questions 3) from 2007 AP Exam
• Students went through essay prompts in groups and pulled out the important words in the prompt that they should focus on for their essay
• Students went through essay prompts in groups  and tried to get ideas for their in class essay tomorrow on The Kite Runner 
•  Teacher and students discussed ideas as a full class

Homework:

• Prepare for In-Class Essay on Friday (tomorrow)

In-Class:

• Teacher handed back Response Papers
  
•  Discussed major things to work on in terms of Response Paper

                -Narrow your focus and question
                -Do not write summary (who what where when), write analysis (how and why) of your interpretation of the text
                -Use more Author- --> Reader relationship 

• Wrote discussion notes during Socratic Seminar
  

Homework:

• The Kite Runner MWDS due on Monday
  

In-Class:

• Small Writing Discussion/Pass Back essays
• Pass back MWDS
• Explain response papers
• Gave out Example Response Papers
• Pass out St. Paul Writing Guide
• Went through and discussed St. Paul Writing Guide

Homework:

• 250 word response over how The Kite Runner answers thematic questions 
  
• Major Works Data Sheet for The Kite Runner on Monday
  
• Friday is our first in-class essay
  

In-Class:

• Students took Wicked Word Wall Vocabulary Quiz #1
• Students discussed "The Flowers" briefly
• Lecture on Socratic Seminar

HW:  Students should write 5 Socratic seminar questions for The Kite Runner (please only use level 2 and 3 questions)

In-Class:

• Turned in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest MWDS
• Quick write on Coming of Age
• Discussion of Coming of Age theme
• Came up with Essential Questions for Coming of Age Theme (questions we will try to answer, try to contemplate throughout the quarter)
• Read "The Flowers" by Alice Walker out loud 
• Students had time to reread and annotate "The Flowers"

Homework:

• Wicked Word Wall Quiz #1
• Finish annotating "The Flowers"

In-Class:  

• Questions over last page of MWDS
  
• Short MLA discussion (websites)
• Discuss Response Papers

                   - Hand out Example of Response Papers
                   -Remember to put in MLA format & third person

• Thematic Discussion & Quick Write:  what does it mean to grow up?  What does it mean to be an adult?  What does it mean to be a child?  How do people approach the journey of growing up?  Is it a quest?  
• Discuss examples from literature that could be considered “coming of age stories”
  
• Are coming of age stories ALWAYS about children growing up…could it be adults as well?  Examples?
  

Homework:  

• Due Tomorrow:  MWDS on One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• Due Tomorrow: 200 response on Website over how The Kite Runner answers thematic questions (if something happens (you can’t log on)  just print it out in MLA for class on Thursday)
  
• Friday:  WWW Quiz (35 Points)

• Check to see books are covered (2 points)
  
•  Discuss different between tone and mood:  

              -Tone (WWW): author’s attitude toward work
              -Mood(WWW):  reader’s emotional response to work

• Discuss Setting (WWW):  time and place (broad term can include historical, social, and political climate)
• Discuss Symbols (WWW): Something that stands for something else
  
•  First & Last Sentence Activity

                  o   What makes a good beginning?
                  o   What makes a good ending?
                  o   What makes a bad beginning?
                  o   What makes a bad ending?
                  o   What could they mean to a story?

•   Discuss theme/thematic statements & how they can be seen throughout whole novel

                   o   Must be a statement
                   o   Examples:  
                            §  Fate vs. Freewill (theme)
                            §  Thematic Statement:  Freewill is meaningless and fate controls all our                          destinies.  
                            §  Good vs. Evil (theme)
                            §  Thematic Statement:  If one has good intentions, one can overcome all evil within oneself.
 Homework: