First and seventh periods spent a little time going over vocabulary. (We’ll have a vocab/spelling quiz Friday.) We had an activity called “Paper Plate Spelling.” The idea is simple: each group has 26 paper plates, each with one letter of the alphabet on them. They are to arrange themselves in order to spell the words.

Group one (first period) works on "sophisticated"

The first words were easy. In fact, since they were short, we didn’t even need all the students of each group. Once the words got longer, it became a little more difficult.

Group two (first period) works on "sophisticated"

By the time it got to “sophisticated,” it was a logistics nightmare. Add to it the fact that our room doesn’t have much open space and it’s easy to see why things were just a little chaotic with “I” plates and “E” plates and “O” plates running here and there.

Group three (first period) works on "sophisticated"

More photos available at the gallery page.

Second period finished up “Who Can Replace Man?” and compared it to The Giver to determine five  characteristics of science fiction.

Fourth period finished up discussing the effect of point of view in Great Expectations.

Homework

• First period: read through page 248.
• Second period: none.
• Fourth period:
  • read through chatper 52 (by Friday);
  • reseach ways to make a topic more specific.
• Seventh period: read through page 241.