Period 1: Today we worked in our lit circles and really investigated the idea of illusion in the story. We also looked at and tried to determine the theme of the story. Tonight's homework is to reflect on today's and Friday's discussion and write the answer to the question "Were the effects of the experiment real or just an illusion?" Students are reminded to use examples from the text to support their opinions. Also a reminder was given that Cornell notes are due on November 17th!
Period 2, 7, 8: We spent the period today discussing theme and students were placed in cooperative groups where they discussed the theme of "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes. HW for tonight is to list all of the characters from each of the four short stories we have read and to tell how any of the characters have changed. htey were also reminded Cornell notes are due on November 17.
The short story titles for which students are responsible include the following:
"Raymond's Run"
"Thank You, M'am"
"A Retrieved Reformation"
"Charles"
