First, second, and fourth periods began class by looking at the poetry project rubric. Afterward, we spent the period working on their ballads. With its strict structural demands, the ballad more of a challenge than they thought.

Additionally, second period is working to make sure their ballads have a proper metrical pattern. While we’re not using this terminology, it means their stanzas are alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter.

Fourth period looked

Homework

• First, second, and seventh periods: none.
• Fourth period:
  • reread Atticus’s closing statement (chapter 20) and be able to summarize his main points;
  • reread chapter 22 about the jury deliberation and come up with two or three reasons why the jury took so long to deliver the inevitable verdict;
  • begin self-evaluation of poetry project. (We’ll go over this tomorrow.)