1. Students had the full class to begin their brainstorming for their essay and choose their three topics of discussion for their three body paragraphs. They had to construct a topic sentence for each paragraph, compose their thesis sentence from that, and begin their supporting details.

1. We did a homework check this morning on the questions and 40 sentences students were to have completed. (We checked this by the ‘honor system’.)
2. We discussed the story and answered the questions. Our discussion centered on the idea of ‘perception’ and how some people seem to do such odd things it makes it clear that an individual’s perception of reality or what others think of them isn’t always necessarily accurate. (For example, we discussed those people who seem to not understand that there is a limit to the amount of tanning that seems appropriate. Those people who tan ‘black’ seem to stand out as an individual who must have some type of insecurity or obsessive nature about their appearance.)
3. Students were reminded that the purpose of them coming up with their 40 words on their own, and not just gathered in census from their friends, is for them to sit and ponder a moment what impression it seems others have of them, and then to compare that with the impression they have of themselves. Do these two personality qualities seem to be similar or very different?
4. The collage assignment is due next Monday. You are to type out your forty words and sentences, your two individual paragraphs and have your name attached to that. You are to attach your collage to this but not have a name or identification at all on your collage to protect your anonymity. These collages will be displayed, nameless, at the back of the class.

 This was a very personal assignment and I was pleased to see some students work so intently over their binders in focus. Good work boys…  🙂

1. Students had twenty minutes to do the six questions for the story from yesterday.
2. They then were directed to move on to the next assignment. They need to think of twenty words to describe their external self (how they beleive others see them) and then twenty words to describe their internal self (how they see themselves). They have three parts to complete for the assignment and it was very clearly explained on the board.
3. For tomorrow’s class, they are to have their forty words chosen and a sentence for each explaining why they chose that word to represent themselves.

1. Students were given a copy of yesterday’s work from the overheads. We discussed the proper way of creating an introductory paragraph and a concluding one. Students collaborated and constructed a good opening paragraph to match our essay and then wrote their own concluding paragraph.
2. We focused on the key parts of an essay that are important:
   1. Introductory sentence: to grab the reader’s attention
   2. Thesis that clearly states the three topics of the essay
   3. Topic sentence for each of the body paragraphs
   4. Summary sentence for each of the body paragraphs
   5. Summary sentence/Concluding sentence at the beginning of the final paragraph.
3. Students had to ‘nail down’ a topic for the essay they are going to begin writing tomorrow.