First, second, and seventh period began working on stems list 21. We looked at the individual stems and how they relate to the words. We will be having a quiz on the first ten words on Friday; the test on all words will be the following Friday.

Afterward, we discussed the important of specific nouns in writing. As our initial example, we explored the various possibilities of a single sentence: “Last night, I ate meat, vegetables, and dessert.”

“What’s wrong with that sentence?” I asked.

“We don’t know what kind of meat,” students responded. We looked at possibilities, and tomorrow we will begin applying it to our own writing.

Fourth period continued with Antigone. Beginning with the prompt, “It is justifiable for a citizen to break the law when…”, we asked the question of when it’s morally permissible to break the law.

Homework

• First period:
  • flash cards;
  • re-examine writing and make five nouns more specific.
• Second and seventh periods:
  • flash cards;
  • alphabetical listing of specific nouns.
• Fourth period:
  • read through page 125;
  • continue working on list of allusions (proper nouns and proper adjectives).