1. We reviewed and did a homework check on our questions from the short story "Once Upon a Time."
2. We worked on a reading strategy that students should use, at times, when they read: the Think-Write. (when you're reading, write down all the thoughts, comments, opinions, questions in the margin to the left OR write it down on stickie notes that you place beside your poem/story).
3. We read the poem Coup de Grace and did our own Think-Write and discussed it as a class.
4. I tried to teach students that it is OK and natural for your mind to wander, at times, when you read and that the Think-Write helps keep your mind focused while you read.
5. We added to our story parts notes (point of view and theme).
6. Students completed a handout on the story "Once Upon a Time" in which they were asked questions about the terminology we've learned (plot, setting, character, theme, point of view, conflict, irony). This was completed and handed in at the end of class (two students didn't get finished and will hand it in next class).
