Friday, October 8, 2010

Class Minutes: Wed. Oct 6th and Fri. Oct. 8th

Mrs. Wall was away on Wednesday, but we:
1. Used our One Question/ One Comment worksheet (based on the reading of "The Rocking Horse Winner") to discuss the short story in small groups, completing the QAD sheet for each question brought to the table. QAD stands for Question, Answer, Detail.
On Friday:
2. We used our list of rhetorical devices and examples to locate and identify rhetorical devices in example essays.
3. We reviewed the 11 pre-reading "quiet conversation" questions for "The Rocking Horse Winner" and selected one as a prompt for a PC
4. We reviewd how to write a PC
5. We completed a pre-writing chart on TEXT-WORLD connections
6. Get ready to write next week.

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