March 9th Daily Plan

9th Grade - We finished reading Antigone in class today, and we discussed the merits of this story as an actual tragedy for a brief period. The majority of class today was focused on setting up the final essay assignment for Antigone. I explained to the class that

1) This is the first "real" literary response essay they have had to do for me, and
2) This is the largest graded assignment I've given thus far - it is a very significant component of their grade for the quarter.

The assignment sheet is uploaded onto this site as well.

After reviewing the assignment, the class worked together to analyze both Antigone and Creon, so that everyone has a good amount of information to begin with.

10th Grade - Sophomores had a vocabulary quiz to start off with, going over the last set of nine words (dilligent, infalliable, decree, devoid, begrudge, commence, tact, pejorative, altercation).

We then divided the rest of class into two portions -

1) Developing a full list of themes, motifs, ideas, charactes, and events from TKAM to everyone has a large list of resources to start their projects.

2) Writing the proposals for the creative writing project. We discussed the purpose of a project proposal, and the application of this step outside of school. The proposals written in class need to have a clear goal, and a written process for achieving that goal.

Homework - Prepping for in-class project work - this means getting images/songs/background information needed so we are able to work efficiently in class.