- As usual the class started the day with prayer followed by Mrs. Gill reminding me that I’m the scribe today.
- The class turned in the pre-writing questions plus addendums we had for homework which is worth 35 points
- Mrs. Gill did attendance
- Went through Emily’s scribe notes for the other class because Joe’s scribe notes were not up there yet
- Somehow we got talking about how Mrs. Gill doesn’t like when people put their butts on desks and other things that disturb her
- We also talked about her husband reading our scribe notes and him saying our class seems lightweight; he can’t see a serious purpose although Mrs. Gill's English teacher friends love our scribe notes blog
- Mrs. Gill informed us that the purpose of the prewrite is to reassure her that we know what we’re going to talk about in our paper. She said “Get the prewrite right, and you’re more likely to get the paper right”
- The journal today was the introduction to our paper or we could just write a memory of having to read or write
- The song was by John Mayer – Stop This Train
- When it comes time to read our journals Abby talked about hating reading when she was little and eventually reading anything that she could get her hands on
- Kayla described how she uses character in her writing and how she impacts people with her insights
- When Hannah was called on she immediately stated that she had zoned out
- Cody talked about when he was little and how he still does not like to read
- After the journals Mrs. Gill talked about how to approach the paper. She told us that a memoir has a point and that in our paper we must establish what the point is. Our memoir is more personal than argumentative, but it still should have a point.
- The paper is due Friday at beginning of class. Stay tuned for instructions about how to turn it in. Mrs. Gill may not want to use turnitin.com on this one because the papers are taking too long to download
- Today we were also given new seats so that we would be seated around our inquiry groups. This was followed by each group getting an American value such as freedom, pleasure, resourcefulness, and success
- Then the class read an introduction by the famous author Alice Sebold, who wrote The Lovely Bones (everyone agreed the movie was creepy). Mrs. Gill asked us to identify the unifying thread that the author was setting up in the introduction.
- Max thought the theme was her overcoming dyslexia and Katy thought it was achievement (how she went from being excluded to being included). Both of those are correct.
- Each group was then given a literacy memoir introduction to read and a few minutes to identify the organizing principal
- Emily, Katy, and Kayla read and told the class what their introduction was saying. One centered on resistance, another a passion for reading, and a third how reading influences a person’s life and choices.
- Then class ended. Homework is to continue on the literacy memoir, which we will work on in class tomorrow and be ready to turn in by the start of class Friday.
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