First period began working on their first drafts. We looked at the nature of a thesis statement and how it can guide writing. We also talked about how it can change. Then we began writing!

Second period worked on the beginnings of a graphic organizer that will show how much Scout has changed over the course of the novel. We also examined the legends surrounding Boo Radley. We did this in divided small groups and then shared the findings with the class.

Fourth and sixth looked at the same question as first period yesterday: how is writing an essay (especially a memoir) like a treasure hunt? We used a graphic organizer to work out our thoughts, working in pairs and then as a class. We then addressed three pre-writing strategies:

1. Free writing
2. Brainstorming
3. Clustering

Homework

• First period:
  • first draft;
  • memoir planning guide filled out.
• Second period:
  • chapters 9-11;
  • three instances of the repeated racial slur in Mockingbird that seem to have different conntations.
• Fourth and sixth periods: use each of the three pre-writing strategies to explore three of the topics from yesterday’s homework.