Thursday, August 14th

*Check HW
*Small groups
---+/-, be specific
---Discuss
*Review GR's
---Below your answers, pick one (confusing, interesting, important) line from ___________ that you think we should discuss as a class.
*Collect HW
*HW:  Read "Araby" & Complete GR's
---Due Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze how Joyce's choices (setting, character, tone, etc.) help to develop a theme in Dubliners.

Wednesday, August 13th

*Community Card
*Read "Sisters" & "Encounter"
---GR answers due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Read and comprehend literature.

Tuesday, August 12th

*Check-out Books
---Bring DAILY
---NO loaners
*Community Cards (galore!)
*HW:  Read "Sisters" & "Encounter"
---GR Questions Due Thursday
---Work-Day Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Read and comprehend literature.

Monday, August 11th

*Check/Collect:  Class Materials/Syllabus Signature Page
*5 min:  Write about a time when you were "stuck" . . . you were held back, prevented from getting or doing the thing you wanted to do.
*Setup Dubliners
---Notes
*Community Cards

*OBJECTIVE:  Get to know the author and setting of James Joyce's Dubliners.

Friday, August 8th

*Finish "The Chaser"
*Community Cards

*HW:  Class Supplies & Syllabus Signature Page Due MONDAY

*OBJECTIVE:  Cite strong and thorough evidence to explain and interpret literature.

Thursday, August 7th

*Focus Question:  When a person loves too much, too passionately, what are the consequences?
*Community Card
*Discuss Focus Question
*Analytical Reading Level Inventory
*HW:  Supplies & Signature Page by Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Cite strong and thorough evidence to explain and interpret literature.

Wednesday, August 6th

*Code of Conduct
*Course Syllabus
---Signature page & class materials by Monday = 10pts
*Parents/Guardians:  Sign handbooks online by August 13th
*Community Cards

*Objectives:  setting expectations, getting to know each other a bit