---
title: "10.26.07"
date: 2007-10-26
url: https://learningischange.com/2007/10/26/102607/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 10.26.07

Core 1:

- Extended Write-on: Head over to the computer lab and continue your essay work.
- Please ask yourself the following questions as you write:

- Am I proving my thesis?
- Are my examples and quotations as relevant as they need to be?
- Have I explained my quotations so that my words are even more vital than those in the quotation?
- What can I take out in order to make this more persuasive or vivid?
- Can I see the words as pictures in my mind?

- Use those around you for help in writing your first draft (Mr. Wilkoff included).
- Extensions
- Finish your first draft by Monday.

Core 2:

- Quiz-on: Why do you think that Papa brought Mr. Morrison home?
- Looking for setting:

- Setting is somehow the simplest and most complex of all of the elements of a novel. You can immediately recognize where something is taking place, but looking for all of the possible clues about the characters and plot within the setting is much harder.
- Setting has three parts: Time, Place, and Mood.
- What is the mood of Chapter 2? What are the details that lead you to believe that?

- Take a look at AR and AR+ in our Class.
- New AR Contract
- New AR Commitment to reading in school and out of school.

- Go down to the library to read Chapter 3 or your book of choice.
- Extensions:
- Get your AR contract signed.

Core 3:

- Write-on: What is a deal with the devil (with someone unsavory) that you would be willing to make?
- Read through 2.2

- Does Shylock have legitimate grievances against Antonio?
- Is a pound of flesh too much to ask?

- What is the role of Gobbo?
- Why does the Prince of Morrocco choose the casket wrongly?

- Take a look at AR and AR+ in our Class.
- New AR Contract
- New AR Commitment to reading in school and out of school.

- Go down to the library to read Chapter 3 or your book of choice.
- Extensions:

- Finally… Write out what you believe the boundaries of Shylock’s life are?

Core 4:

- Write-on: How do you prove something about a book?  Just think about this question: What do you think that your change
and persuasion notes would help you to prove about your character?

- How do you show character development and change in piece of writing without resorting to plot summary? [(Lord of the Flies Example)](http://www.scriptovia.com/document-landing.aspx?DocID=470)
- Thesis writing as an art form:  How do you choose something that you want to prove?
- How do you state it so that you will be able to prove it in multiple ways?

- Take a look at AR and AR+ in our Class.

- New AR Contract
- New AR Commitment to reading in school and out of school.

- Extension:  Write out your idea of a perfect thesis for what you want to prove
in your book about change, persuasion, or character development.

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