First period discussed the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings after a quiz.

Second period discussed the memoir form, pre-writing techniques, and began writing pre-writing for their memoir.

Fourth and sixth periods began the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, working in groups to discuss questions about the use of details to support a main idea.

Homework

• First period: questions on page 470.
• Second period:
  • three pre-writing sessions (and this includes the one we did in class) that use at least two different pre-writing methods;
  • write first draft of memoir.
• Fourth and sixth periods: none.