Wednesday, September 19, 2012.

Periods 1-3

1. SSR and LOG. Collected completed logs for project grade.

2. Passed out vocabulary for "A Sound of Thunder" (Except Period 3). Students defined words from story.

3. Discussed TONE and MOOD.

4. Stamped completed homework. Checked questions for "There Will Come Soft Rains." Students turned in questions or review question notes for a partial grade.

Periods 5 and 7

1. Discussed TONE and MOOD with gingerbread man handout.

2. Passed out graded "Harrison Bergeron" Comprehension questions and discussed main topics:
irony, satire, and theme.

3. Passed out graded "There Will Come Soft Rains" questions. Reviewed and discussed TONE and MOOD (in the poem within the story: "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale) in class. Discussed theme of story.
Students who were unprepared took notes and will bring back completed work for partial grade.