First period completed the “Say Something” engagement with the story “Charles.” We’ll look at character development tomorrow.

Second and fourth periods worked on connotation and denotation, finishing by doing group work sorting words according to the strength of their connotations.

Sixth period completed the “Say Something” engagement from yesterday with the story “An Hour with Abuelo.”

Seventh period continued with the ballad lesson, looking at some of the characteristics of a ballad.

Homework

• First period: complete the story “Charles.”
• Second and fourth periods:
• read “My Papa’s Waltz”;
• the anthology is available here as well as at the courses site.
• Sixth period:
• complete the story “An Hour with Abuelo”;
• complete the notes from class taken during the “Say Something” engagement. Be sure you explain not only how you completed the following skills but also why (i.e., what was the motivation behind your prediction, the confusion behind your question, etc.)
• Make a prediction
• Ask a question
• Clarify something
• Make a comment
• Make a connection
• Seventh period: complete the final stanza of the ballad “Boots of Spanish Leather”