English 4: 2/5, 8/10

1. Give students time to work on current projects including ISR.
2. Complete QAR assignment from last class and take up. Be sure students have created QAR questions and shared them with a partner for critique and answering. Discuss "How does it help to use this technique to understand what you are reading?"
3. Discuss "The Rape of the Lock." Margin and end question are due next class. Test covering 596-606 will happen next class.
4. Brainstorm persuasive ideas. Require a list of 25 items they personally could/would argue about, ready to turn in, next class.
5. Punctuation: pages R53,54 in the lit book. Assign: choose one of the comma rules and write a metaphor for it with a short explanation. This should be able to be accomplished in 3 to five sentences. Example from end marks: I am a stop sign. You must stop at me before going on to the next section of road. A period is like a stop sign because it signals the end/completion of a thought or idea. You must stop/realize the thought is complete before going on the the next idea to avoid confusion.
6. All partial credit make up work is due today or Monday the 8th.
7. Reminders of next vocabulary test and homework.