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Writing warm up–>  Finish this sentence and explain: When people look at me, they would never guess _____. Try to write at least 6 sentences.

Grade Tracker–> This will be your weekly writing assignment. Please note! There is an opportunity to improve your grade. Take advantage of it.

Observations–> I gave feedback on many essays this weekend. Here is some of what I noticed. Tomorrow we will have a formal peer-editing activity.

1. Book title format

2. Academic tone

3. Third person only

4. Specific text evidence

5. EXPLAIN how text evidence proves your points

6. Introduce quotes

7. Questions are gross

8. Don’t talk about the essay in the essay

   

Stage 3 wrap up. Page 214, question #’s 8,9,12.

This is individual work. Put it in the basket when you’re done.

If you finish early, please work on FW#6.

Chapter 38-43- The end of the novel

Fold your paper into 4 boxes. Label them, one for each chapter (front and back) for a total of 6 chapter boxes.

For each square, provide 2 important plot points, 1 setting (including atmosphere), and one visual that sums up the main ideas.

The leftover boxs are for you to write a theme statement and explanation.. Remember what we talked about yesterday.

Don’t forget to be working on FW#6!

As we near the end of the book it’s time to start thinking about theme.

Write a short (3-5 sentence) paragraph stating a possible theme and explanation of that theme.

We will discuss the end of the book tomorrow.

We will continue working on characterization in Great Expectations. There is an assignment in Classroom that will be due on Monday 9 Oct.

Today is the wrap up for Stage 2. You will again do this on paper and should be handed in when you leave.

I have drafted several of you for Academic Seminar tomorrow. Please check your Skyward schedule tomorrow morning to see where you are assigned.

First, let’s review flat/round and static/dynamic characters (slide 40).

Then we need to talk about the end of Stage 2. OMG!

Last, let’s examine another way to discuss characterization.  Lesson idea credit to my awesome student teacher last year.

There was a really interesting sentence in the section we read yesterday. Please copy the second sentence down in your Author Craft section of your composition book.

• We entered into a melancholy little square that looked to me like a flat burying ground. I thought it had the most dismal trees in it, and the most dismal sparrows, and the most dismal cats, and the most dismal houses that I had ever seen.

Now, try it! Create a sentence with a similar structure. Topic is up to you.

You may use the rest of the hour to work on reading the text and Friday #4.

Today we are looking at chapters 20-23, with a focus on characterization and plot. There will be notes.

Friday #3 is posted in Classroom. Sorry for not having that up on Monday.

In today’s reading (page 32), we finally meet the mysterious Miss Havisham. She is a famous character in literature and is often referenced in other works.

• What are some things we notice about her right away?

• What did you notice about how Estella treats Pip.

• What did you notice about the setting of this chapter?

Dickens uses symbols, person, place, or object that stands for something beyond itself, to show us more about Miss Havisham and Satis House. There is a writing assignment in Classroom about symbols. Use text evidence from this section to complete the assignment.