Freshmen: Today we talked about the notion of a Socratic Seminar and how to prepare for one. You need to finish the First Marking Period from Speak for Thursday's class and come prepared with five items for the seminar - observations, ideas, or questions. Use the question stems I provided to help you frame your thinking. We also read Langston Hughes's poem "Theme for English B" which can be found at http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~keith/poems/English_B.html. You are to follow his instructor's directions: Go home and write a page tonight and let that page come out of you, then it will be true. Write a creative response - a work of poetry inspired by another poem - by writing a "Theme for English 9". Imitate Hughes's poem in terms of style, form, and content, but also use the principles of free verse we have studied so far this year. As always, read for 20 minutes and be sure to study vocab on Membean.
Sophomores: Today we wrote a short essay, applying the literary concepts of conflict, plot, and theme that we studied yesterday. The prompt was: Describe some conflicts you see emerging in the plot of Life of Pi and explain what theme you see emerging through these conflicts. Due for the block period at the end of the week is Chapter 60 from Life of Pi and half-a-dozen notes for seminar. Study vocab on Membean.
Honors Sophomores: Today our focus was on the rhetorical device of listing that Martel employs in Life of Pi. Due at the end of the week is Part II of Life of Pi and a dozen items for the seminar. Study vocab on Membean.
CNF: Today we began Chapter 4 from Blink.
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