Period 1--ELA B 30
I went over the assignment for Chaucer with the kids. They have to write a persuasive essay so we discussed how to best write and organize a persuasive essay. We worked on a thesis statement together and identified the importance of counter-arguments. The students then had just over half a class to work on their essay. They will have tomorrow's class to work on this as well.
Period 2--ELA B 30/AP 30 split
ELA B 30--as above
AP 30--The students were given 3 essay prompts from which to choose for their timed write today. They were allowed to bring a thesis statement into the class with them. The had this entire class to write their timed write.
Period 3--Pre-AP 10
We de-briefed the play and movie that the students watched on Friday. The students really enjoyed the live theatre performance of Twelfth Night (as did the teachers). Persephone Theatre did an exccellent job of this production. The students watching A Midsummer Night's Dream enjoyed that production as well. We were able to go over the handout that the students had to do. Tomorrow, they must summarize the play and write a paragraph detailing the difference between what modern audiences see/expect as opposed to Elizabethan audiences.
Period 4--History 10
The students finsihed watching their documentary of the Reign of Terror and the French Revolution. They then moved to the computer lab to start some work on the Napoleon part of the Revolution. They will have the class tomorrow to finish this assignment.
Period 5--History 30
We reviewed their reading from Friday and went over the answers together from the questions that accompanied the reading. We continued the discussion with information about the push for responsible government in Canada. We weren't quite finished that sheet but will do so tomorrow and then look a bit at the U.S. civil war and its effects on Canada.
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