First, fourth, and sixth periods began Much Ado About Nothing. They’re quickly seeing how difficult it can be to act on the fly. We’ll be spending class time — now that I’ve shown then and not simply told them — preparing each day before working as a class to act out the play.

Second period discussed the reading for the evening and Pip’s self-loathing as evidenced by his behavior when Joe comes to London to visit him. We’ll be working with characterization tomorrow.

Homework

• Second period:
  • read chapters 30-33;
  • complete one additional character word-splash;
  • revise three existing multi-word descriptions by finding an appropriate adjective;
  • work on theme database (courses.ourenglishclas.net).
• First, fourth, and sixth periods: none.