First and seventh periods completed work on the Diary of Anne Frank. We went over homework and did some work to review the play individually and in small groups.

We will be having a test on Monday in first and seventh periods. It will be an open book essay test, and I have already shared the question with students.

Write a letter to a theater manager asking him or her to stage The Diary of Anne Frank for your community. To persuade the theater manager, follow these steps:

• Connect the events in the play to current events and attitudes.
• Explain why the theme is important and how you think the community will benefit from seeing the play.

Second period took their essay test for the Diary of Anne Frank as well. They had a choice of two essay questions

1. You decide to make a recommendation to the school board that The Diary of Anne Frank be required reading for all eighth graders. You want to stress how it is a selection that all students can relate to and learn something from. Write a letter presenting your case. Use at least three episodes from the book that
   1. Can relate to students’ own experiences and
   2. Teach students something significant and important
2. Read I.4 (which we didn’t read in class). Select three characters and discuss how I.4 further develops them. What type of people are they, and how do the actions of I.4 confirm or change our impressions of them?

Fourth period continued work on the poetry unit. The group covering alliteration and assonance completed their presentation today.

Homework

• First and seventh periods: plan and prepare for test.
• Second period: none.
• Fourth period: revise second quatrain of sonnet to ensure it is in iambic pentameter.