Topics/ Activities:

1. SEE/ FEEL/THINK OF: Read and discuss William Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey” (black 654-659).
2. Introduce Mr. Jourden’s role in the classroom
3. Exhortation on expectations for second semester (seating chart, pass out work, schedules, IDs, housecleaning, etc.)
4. Independent work time
5. Process and dismissal

1. Students will begin class by reading the short story, “The Marble Dome” by Zulfikar Ghose.
2. After reading, students will work in groups to discuss the story, with a specific emphasis on the importance of treating other people well, and the difference between good intentions and good actions.
3. Students will then write in a style of their choosing, in a way that ties their personal lives into the story they read earlier in the class.
4. Students will review their own writing, and the writing of others in their groups, in preparation for using the piece as part of a culminating activity.
5. Students will engage in a large group discussion concerning the method they chose to respond, and why they chose that particular method.

1. Following the scientific method [hypothesis, data collection, data analysis, results, discussion, conclusions], we will write together a lab report for the classroom: How many children fold hands with left thumb on top?
2. nuDen brain break: I was country when country wasn’t cool, and other country and western classics
3. Work time to organize and develop time management schedule for the marking period. Collect time management schedule
4. Process and dismissal