First and sixth periods continued working with short stories. We’ll be finishing up the unit tomorrow and preparing for Tuesday’s test on Monday.

Second and fourth periods began looking at the musicality of poetry, specifically be examining sound devices.

Seventh period completed the four-day (though it was supposed to be only three-day) ballad lesson.

Homework

• First period:
• read “Thank You, M’am”;
• complete six “Say Something” annotations in writing using four of the five skills.
• Second and fourth periods:
• re-read “The Gift” and find two examples of consonance and two examples of assonance;
• read “Possum Crossing” (697) and fine one example of consonance and one example of assonance.
• Sixth period:
• complete questions 1-5 at the end of “Thank You, M’am”;
• write a brief description of what you think the theme of the story is.
• Seventh period: write a letter about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (the subject of “The Ballad of Birmingham”). Address your letter either to one of the mothers of the victims or one of the perpetrators.

To the parent that was asking about the organization of the binder: you’ll find that material here.