First, fourth, and sixth periods worked on revising some of their diary entries for:

1. clarity of content;
2. descriptive details; and
3. sentence variety.

Students looked at each other’s work to find elements that could be improved, then worked in pairs to improve them.

Second period continued working on their poetry projects. They’ve got quite a bit to get finished, so we’ll be working on it into next week.

Homework

• First, fourth, and sixth periods: none.
• Second period:
  • compare/contrast essay on To Kill a Mockingbird and the Scottsboro boys’ trial;
  • the newspaper/newsletter project for To Kill a Mockingbird; and,
  • the poetry project.