October 20, 2008

I had to leave school quickly for an appointment.

Homework
1,2:
I asked for all the plays to be written for Monday.  Some did not have it with them.  If MUST be ready for Tuesday.  However, the typed version MUST MUST MUST be handed in on Friday or before.  The deadline for the contest is Friday, no exceptions!

3,6,7:
There is no vocab homework this week; however, I there is a draft of an essay due on Thursday.  I am having the students write two essays.  Each one will be written as a rough draft.  Next week we will choose one to be taken to a good draft.

Today
1,2:
I checked off that the rough draft was finished.
We read over each others plays a little.  I explained how important Friday's due date was.
We read the early draft of Right Hand Man.  It had a character named GIRL.  We looked at why the writer eliminated her. (Basically, she was replaced by the body in the bag on stage.  We saw some reasons why she was eliminated.  First, she was treated like a "girl."  We thought that was condescending.  Second, by having her crying so much, it made the play darker.  Finally, by having another person captive, it took the focus off the main character who was tied up.  The play was about the two of them, not Jerry.)

3,6,7:
Daily Drill
SSW time to work on the essays.
Here is the topic the students have been working on for a few days.