January 26/27(?)

English 1 -- Today in class, students worked on creating the protagonist in their Literary Journey stories by playing a "20 Questions" writing game.  Next, students learned a bit about conflict and characteristics for surviving a conflict before reading "The Most Dangerous Game" (pg. 13 in textbook).  Next class students will take a quiz over the story, and begin to write about the conflicts that their protagonists will face on their literary journies.

English 1 Homework

-- Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" and prepare for a quiz next class

-- Think about your protagonist's motivation for the journey, and the problems he/she could encounter along the way

English 2 -- Today in class, students read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and talked about how MLK Jr.'s practice of civil disobedience is was similar/different from that of Antigone.  Next, students perfected their thesis statements for their literary analysis papers and began thinking of and constructing the main points of their argument/analysis of the play.  We also began watching a modernized film version of Antigone which we will continue to watch over the next couple class periods.

English 2 Homework

Bring a rough outline of the thesis and main points (topic sentences for body paragraphs) to next class.  We will be adding textual support to back up our claims.