First and fifth periods began the day by adding a Schaffer paragraph to their fourth quarter choice journal. (Topics are available here.)  their debates about the district-provided scenarios. Two groups completed the debate today; two groups will go tomorrow.

Second and fourth periods worked on adding context to concrete details.

From second period:

Topic Sentence

Jaggers is very precise and careful about words used in his presence, both his own and others’.

Concrete Detail 1 (Basic)

Jaggers says “Recommendation is not the word.”

Contextual Details

• Jaggers mentioned Matthew Pocket
• Pip needs a tutor
• Pip is trying to thank him
• Jaggers is looking for word “mention”

Concrete Detail 1 (Revised)

For example, when Mr. Jaggers discusses with Pip his need for a tutor and Pip tries to thank him for his recommendation,” Jaggers explains to Pip that “[r]ecommendation is not the word” (149).

Concrete Detail 2 (Basic)

Jaggers uses “great expectations” twice and mentions that he does this.

Contextual Details

• Jaggers has “used the term ‘expectations’ more than once.”
• Jaggers is bringing up that there’s more than expectations; there’s money, too.
• How much money
• What’s the money to be spent on

From fourth period:

Topic Sentence

Jaggers is very precise and careful about words used in his presence, both his own and others’.

Concrete Detail 1 (Basic)

For example, Jaggers says to Pip, “Recommendation is not the word” (149).

Contextual Facts

• Who is to be the tutor
• Matthew Pocket is to be the tutor
• Get Pip to use a different word–”mention”
• Pip wants to thank J. for the mention/recommendation

Concrete Detail 1 (Improved)

For example, when Jaggers and Pip are discussing who is to tutor Pip, Pip tries to thank him for his “recommendation,” but Jaggers advises him that “[r]ecommendation is not the word” (149).

Concrete Detail 2 (Basic)

In addition, Jaggers says, “I have used the term ‘expectations’ more than once” (148).

Contextual Facts

• Money for education/maintenance
• It’s not just expectations

Homework

• First and fifth periods: none.
• Second and fourth periods:
  • complete the re-contextualized second concrete detail from class;
  • read chapters 21-25 of Great Expectations.