Thursday September 10

In Class
Reviewed Freytag's Pyramid (aka Pyramid of Action)
--exposition
--rising action
--climax (point of no return)
--falling action
--denouement

Watched Rainman and applied the above mentioned elements to the film.

Here's a list of "you haves"
--read the biography of Kim Peek on the website linked on Moodle (Kim Peek: Wisconsin Med...)
--watched one of the clips on the Kim Peek link. Consider that Kim Peek was a character study for Raymond Babbit in Rainman.
--taken the grammar diagnostic quiz (Parts of Speech quiz in week #4)
--submitted your 1 page perspective piece (back up with upload to Moodle) REGS ONLY
--submitted your book review to the library server at http:lrodalib. Can only upload from school. If your book is not in the catalog, you must submit hard copy. REGS ONLY
--posted AND handed in hard copy of your "Sea Creature Me" blog (late by this time)
--created, printed, and presented your Dream Board

Upcoming
--Grammar Lesson (reviewing parts of speech and parts of the sentence)
--Beginning House on Mango Street and exploring theme