Class Minutes, Tues. Jan. 19th

Last class before midyear exam. Mrs. Wall handed back PCs with feedback and discussed common areas of weakness. For example the body paragraph topic sentences didn't often include a mention of the theme. She photocopied and distributed a sample of a student writen 6/6 paper, pointing out the specific evidence and incorporation of rhetorical devices. Students completed a formative "traffic light self-assessment" to aid in studying for the exam. Amoung other things, it forced students to try to predict the sight passages that will be on the exam. Finally, students were given a booklet of key sight passages from the novel, Lord of the Flies. To practice for the exam, write a thesis statement for each sight passage. Finally, students handed in their essay lesson reflections.