June 2nd Daily Plan

9th Grade - Today was the last in-class day to develop the rough draft for the final "Romeo and Juliet" essay. Students were given the majority of the class period to work on their drafts, and Ms. Dobell and I worked with individual students on their writing.

I also modeled how to embed quotes into a paragraph, so that the evidence (quotes) flows smoothly into the anaysis (commentary). The class practiced with a sample paragraph, and then were allowed to continue to work on their individual essays.

Goals for tomorrow - since we will be peer editing the rough drafts today, everyone needs a PRINTED OUT, COMPETE ROUGH DRAFT when them come in to class today. The peer editing is only valuable if you have enough of an essay to edit!

HOMEWORK - If you do not have a draft complete, you will need to finish it at home.

10th Grade - We discussed the concept of rationing during wartime, and the differences between the national mood during WWII and today. Since the three sophomore classes are at slightly different points due to the scheduling of MAP testing last week, today's schedule was also slightly different for periods 1, 4, and 5.

All three classes were given some time to read in A Separate Peace, and all three classes watched a section of the documentary we had started last week about the war in Iraq. However, since Period 5 was MAP testing last week while the other two classes were able to start the documentary, we have only just started watching it in Period 5.

Students were also provided the discussion questions for tomorrow's FORMAL IN-CLASS DISCUSSION. If you were on the outer circle yesterday, you will definitely be in the INNER CIRCLE ON FRIDAY.

Main Questions -

1) Why would we ration supplies during WW2, but not today?
2) What qualities make someone influential? Can you choose who influences you or is it beyond your control?
3) How do poor decisions gain traction? Why do people follow along with an idea they disagree with?
4) Are you more likely to become like your friends, or are your friends more likely to become like you?

HOMEWORK - Read through CH8.