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)