Sept. 15th

- Discussion of The Poetry of Bad Weather
- Connotations and Denotations of words
- " Gee, You're So Beautiful
That it's starting to Rain."
- "Fat is Not a Fairy Tale"

Sept. 14

- Vocabulary List #1
- Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening
- The Poetry of Bad Weather

September 10th

1. Plagiarbusters
2. Vocabulary Activity for Poetry
3. The importance of reading

Sept. 9th

Speak written assessment.

Sept. 7th - First Day of Class

Read and discussed a passage from The Saint of Incipient Insanities.
Overview of course (guidelines, rules and expectations)
Note: Students need to sign and have parents sign sheet and bring to class 9/8

Students created a tree and represents their personality
Shared trees with partners and presented to class
Briefly overviewed Speak.

Tomorrow:

Bring copy of Speak for discussion.
Bring signed sheet.
Complete Reading Survey - Due 9/7