We concluded our study of " A Visit of Charity" by defining and discussing various forms of irony-verbal, situational , and dramatic. Bobby offered good examples of dramatic irony from the play "Romeo and Juliet" and placed the definitions in his notebook. We then began a writing lesson by my defining the use and purpose of connectors that mean 'and" such as "In addition, furthermore, together with" etc; connectors that mean "but" such as "however,neverthess, etc, and last with connectors that reflect causation such as " therefore, consequently, as a result" etc. Bobby then composed a plot summary of the story " A Visit of Charity" using these connectors as well as time related connectors such as "next, then, during ,finally". We concluded the lesson by discussing the life and literary style of William Faulkner as an introduction to the next short story in our Southern Gothic unit, Faulkner's " A Rose for Emily".