First and sixth periods returned to using the Schaffer model to organize writing about literature, specifically ballads. We’re going to be writing a fairly impressive essay about ballads, and we began planning and writing that today. First period’s notes are below, and sixth period’s notes were virtually identical.

Second and fourth periods looked at act one, scene one from Romeo and Juliet. We examined Shakespeare’s use of puns, and we focused on the EQ, dealing with the bawdiness of the play’s opening and speculating on Shakespeare’s motivation for writing something so relatively crass.

Seventh period continued with Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, using the Say Something engagement to work through chapter two in groups.

Homework

• First period: none.
• Second and fourth periods:
• complete 1.1 from Romeo and Juliet;
• continue working on the Shakespearean language lesson (on the courses site).
• Sixth period: write the third paragraph (only the first Schaffer chunk) for the ballad essay.
• Seventh period:
• complete chapter two of Hatchet;
• write one reader’s journal entry.