Day 62

NINTH LIT

• Students completed their third day of DGP.
• We then wrote our intro and conclusion to our papers together as a class.
• Students then went to the lab to finish typing up their rough drafts.  ROUGH DRAFTS MUST BE PRINTED OUT AND IN CLASS TOMORROW!!!

AMERICAN LIT

• Students completed their third day of DGP.  They will have the fourth day PLUS their quiz next class.
• We covered definitons of the following terms: realism, regionalism, vernacular, frame narrative, and anecdote.
• We read a selection from Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help to discuss vernacular within the American south.
• Students then completed a guided reading worksheet as they read "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain.  This was turned in at the end of the class period.
• REMINDER!!! Students will be taking the first part of their realism test on Friday, March 2 or Monday, March 5!!!