English 4: 2/16, 17/10

1. Review requirements of D-2. Define purpose, audience, and tone and explain how each will have an impact on students writing their persuasive essay.
2. Explain requirements for D-3: a thorough T chart of for and against their individual topics plus the thesis statement. Expectations for the chart and purpose of the chart were clearly given.
3. Q and A time for all items related to the persuasive essay.
4. Class discussion on personal accountability preceded calling out each student's missed work. To graduate students have to pass. To pass they have to do the work. Zeros cause students to fail.
5. Students were given the rest of the period to work on make up work and coming deadlines.
6. Reminders that next class students will have their next vocabulary test and the test over "A Modest Proposal."