English 4: 1/7,8/10

1. Warm up writing: Literature book page 548, "What can fix society's problems."
2. Review of thesis: point, support, example/illustration. Use Relmo to show students work on the projector. Have students evaluate as to whether provable points were given and adequate proof and detail given.
3. Emphasis on P.A.S. The warm up essay was to access background knowledge. All three parts discussed and exampled. Time spent creating a metaphor, microcosom and macrocosom, as individuals reflect the society and society reflects the individual.
4. Vocabulary assignment, due next class. Each student was assigned one of the twenty words for the next vocabulary test and allowed to choose one other word from the list. Students are to create word wall art or examples which will clearly show the meaning of their two words.
5. Notes and explanation were given for the following three ways of note taking: outlining, 2 column notes, Q & A notes.
6. Students were assigned for class and homework, due next class, read, study, take notes on the historical context information in the literature book, pages 550 to 561. Students are only required to take enough notes to prove to me they understand one of the three techniques taught in class. However, all students are strongly urged to take notes over the entire section because it is a good study technique and they will be allowed to use the notes on the second semester exam.
7. Students were given time to work.