October 21, 2015

Our entry for the Writer's Notebook today was "synecdoche," a literary term in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Students turned in their notebooks today and completed a form where they shared favorite sentences and ideas.

Students who were off-prompt for the Oedipus 1 Page Essay turned in revised versions today. Grades for the Greek Drama test are in. If students have specific questions about their results, they should see me before or after school or during tutorials.

We looked at the midterm review on Google Classroom, and students worked in groups to find useful websites about logos, ethos, and pathos and the three different kinds of irony, then one person in the group shared the site as a comment on the review in Classroom. Students should review these sites to prepare for the midterm.

Students revisited the poem, "A Blessing," to be sure they had all of the notes they wanted to help them on the midterm. Students read a nonfiction piece, an excerpt from Prairyerth, and annotated it for specific items. Students will be allowed to use these two annotated pieces on the midterm. 

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