Today in first, they discussed chapters 1-10 of Great Expectations. Included in this discussion, are different aspects of the book and how they will use these aspects to create the final project using three sources. Information from the Moodle site about the project summarizes the work clearly:

The unit will culminate in a research paper. This is something students can do (and are encouraged to do, and will probably be encouraged to do with graded milestone checks) during the reading of the whole novel.

Possible topics:

1. Economics
2. Family units
3. Education
4. Housing
5. The penal system and law enforcement
6. Social classes
7. Gender roles

Students will be required to :

1. Research the selected topic in the Victorian period (i.e., Victorian economics; the family in Victorian England; education in Victorian England; etc.);
2. Illustrate how Dickens included this material in Great Expectations;
3. Discuss how factually accurate Dickens’ depictions are.

In fourth, they watched a few scenes from Great Expectations (a BBC production). They also learned and practiced with two types of clauses, which are Independent and Dependent clauses.

Today second and seventh period finished there last discussions from yesterday and they also read a little of There Are No Children Here.

We worked to infer the meaning of unknown words from context clues.

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • Finish assessments of chapter 11 workshop, due today at midnight
  • Read through chapter 20 by Friday