Bobby completed an exam today on the short story unit focusing on the Southern Gothic genre. He indicated that he had diligently studied and his exam results were very impressive. He correctly identified all of the literary terms and vocabulary ,and with minimal assistance formulated applicable themes . Last, he completed a short essay supported by examples from the stories we studied over the past two weeks. I provided assistance on using the prompt to formulate a topic sentence ,but Bobby ,on his own, provided strong answers and good word connectors to move from his general thesis to his specific examples. For homework, which I assigned yesterday ,due on MONDAY, read chapters 2-4 of "To Kill A Mockingbird".