First, second, and seventh began by adding a poem to the portfolio we’re creating. It was an effort to help the students understand a simple process of creating poems that involves brainstorming, organizing, and modifying to create sentences that can be shaped into a poem.

Afterward, the classes returned to the Bob Dylan ballad “Boots of Spanish Leather” to discern patterns and elements of language in an inductive reasoning exercise to determine the general elements of a ballad from specific ballads.

Fourth period began discussing the trial and the morality of various characters. In class, we began a writing assignment (that will morph into a discussion tomorrow).

Upon seeing some confusion about what “moral” and “morality” means, I decided to have students look at three normative ethics theories for homework.

Homework

• First and second periods:
  • complete Thanksgiving poem;
  • complete ballad inductive reasoning graphic organizer.
• Seventh period: complete Thanksgiving poem.
• Fourth period:
  • complete the character morality ranking (above);
  • answer the question about ethics and morality on the Courses page (log-in required).