Period 1--AP 30
The students had the choice whether to dive into Romantic poetry or do some prep work for the exam with multiple choice questions. I confess myself to be surprised when they chose the poetry, but nonetheless, off we went. I showed a power point presentation on the characteristics of Romantic poetry. Then, I handed out a booklet with a few oexamples of poems from the pre-eminent Romantic poets like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley. We started reading through "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge. We are just taking a cursory look at this. The real study of Romantic literature will come when the students write a comparative essay between two different Romantic poets.
Period 2--Pre-AP 20
This was a work period for the students to work on their To Kill A Mockingbird essays. We set the due date for this to be April 5th but tomorrow will be the last class for them to work on this in class.
Period 3--ELA A 30
They are finished with in-class time to work on their April Raintree timeline, so we've moved on. Their next assignment is for them to write a full, formal essay on this novel. We reviewed the structure of an essay as well as various rules I expect them to follow. At the end of the class, I handed out their essay prompts and we went over each one and brainstromed some ideas as to how they could tackle those questions.
Period 4--Pre-AP 10
This was a work period for their essay on Dracula. Tomorrow will be their last class to work on it in-class. Their due date for this essay is the week of April 2-5.
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