{"id":95,"date":"2010-09-27T02:21:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T02:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everysecondofeveryday.com\/mrshawke\/english\/?p=95"},"modified":"2010-09-27T02:21:05","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T02:21:05","slug":"ad-english-9-literary-analysis-discussion-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everysecondofeveryday.com\/mrshawke\/english\/2010\/09\/27\/ad-english-9-literary-analysis-discussion-1\/","title":{"rendered":"AD English 9: Literary Analysis Discussion #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, armed with close readings and completed job sheets<\/a>, students in AD English 9 met with their To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> Literature Circles for their first literary analysis discussions. <\/p>\n

We had planned to do this on Monday; however, far too many didn’t have their assignments completed. \ud83d\ude41 So, for this first major assignment, I gave an extension — with grade deductions, where applicable. (I think those of you in my 1st and 6th periods understand how disappointed I was, and after about 30 phone calls home, many of you parents do, as well. :()<\/p>\n

However, I am glad to report that I was very impressed with the depth of discussion in groups overall. In observing discussion, and also in assessing the job sheets this weekend, I saw a good number of great points made. And on the debriefing sheet I required, a large majority said they enjoyed being in class on this day. That’s a plus!<\/p>\n\n\t\t