First, second, and seventh periods are all at various stages of the persuasive essay development process.
First period will be done with the first draft today (once students complete homework). Those who did not turn in their work today can get 90% credit for completing the first draft by tomorrow.
Seventh period will be done with the [...]

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First period was able to go back to the computer lab to work on the Much Ado About Nothing projects. Additionally, some students should be finishing up their final drafts for the film review. It will count as late work, but that’s better than nothing.
Second period completed their practice with the MLA citation format. The [...]

First period began the poetry unit by looking at several elements of poetry, including:

consonnance
assonance
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification

Second period began reading the Odyssey after we had a quiz on it.
Fourth and sixth periods completed their work on their “Works Cited” page.
No homework for any classes today.

First period completed a second round of MAP testing. We were unable to do anything else today.
Second period began the Odyssey. We looked at elements of the epic form and discussed the background to the Odyssey.
Fourth and sixth periods worked on creating “Works Cited” pages.
Homework

First period: none
Second period:

vocabulary work;
study for quiz.

Fourth period: create “Works Cited” [...]