1. Thursday 9 January 2014 Housekeeping Rules, expectations, grades, and cheating update Make up work DUE WEDNESDAY 1/15. NO EXCEPTIONS. Good news share Handouts Study guide for final You do not have to turn in the study guide. You are responsible for finding and learning any information from a day that you missed. Use the blog, classmates, and tutoring time with teacher for help. SSR final project rubric and model Due Friday 1/17

2. Agenda Get out your writer’s notebook Mentor Text Inspiration [3 min] Listen to “The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore” excerpt [7 min] Receive a copy of mentor text to share with your table partner. Read again to find how the author developed ideas with details [7 min] Share with class Narrative Paragraph [7 min] I will add details to my story board similar to the mentor text Story Board [8 min] Use the model, mentor text, and story board to create a narrative paragraph about a moment in life that has impacted who you are Homework Your narrative paragraph must be written in your writer’s notebooks They will be collected on Friday

3. Thursday 9 January 2014 [10 min] Housekeeping Rules, expectations, grades, and cheating issues Makeup work due WEDNESDAY 1/15. No exceptions. Good news share [10 min] Quick Write You need a piece of paper Remember to write the entire 10 minutes (no saying, “I’m done”) Write about a time you were not allowed to do something and how it made you feel.

4. Agenda A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave Building on the previous unit, in which individualism figures as a prominent theme in American romanticism and transcendentalism, the next 2 weeks explore the expanding idea of the American individual and the related idea of the pursuit of liberty in various forms [15 min] Art Analysis of Winslow Homer, A Visit from the Old Mistress (1876) A Visit from the Old Mistress Read directions on the handout Look at image carefully and respond to questions on ONE piece of paper with your elbow partner [10 min] Closing Time Books assigned—you are responsible for lost/damaged books Clean up your space, remain seated, and listen for final comments Papers returned If you like your essay grade, please return your essay to me for filing purposes