ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1. Literary terms discussion
-went over mind map
-did two sided study guide....all of this counted as a participation grade....
2. We will start the short story next time!

COLLEGE PREP 9

1. "Split Cherry Tree"
-take reading check quiz!
-discuss story--go over certain literary devices...go over quiz
-in class partner work, charting out the DIFFERENCES between the father and the teacher (in a Venn Diagram sort of way)
-discuss responses
-for next class: COMPARE THE SIMILARITIES of the father and the professor in the story...what three specific things (at least 3) do they share in common? How are the two alike? (I am looking for about a full page of writing here....you should start off your paragraphs with a sentence that reads something like The father and the teacher in SPLIT CHERRY TREE are similar because they _____, ________, and ________)

HONORS/COLLEGE COMP

1. Literary terms discussion
-go over mind map
-go over in class study guide examples....
2. "The Bet" short story
-discuss idea of choosing to live in seclusion....what would be the physiological and mental effects?
-read the story for next time
-please chart out a "continuum" for the story....the lawyer undergoes many changes in the story....chart a continuum that shows the five most influential events that contribute to this 'change' in the character...