Daily Log

Wednesday, October 1

Students turned in their summary paragraphs and we read and evaluated several of them.

Poetry Day
Mr. Potratz read the class "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. He also passed out a handout with terms used in poetic analysis. We focused on aspects of rhyme and meter, analyzing "Casey's" use of those elements.

Tomorrow (Thursday) Mr. Potratz will be absent and students are to spend the period writing their Captivity Narrative essays. Essays are due at the end of class. Students should bring any prewriting documents, notes, and their books. The required total minimum number of chunks is reduced to five, with the number of body paragraphs left up to the student.