To continue practicing writing sentences, at the beginning of class I had Lena compose two sentences describing what she did today and/or yesterday. She produced two clearly drafted sentences after which we discussed certain parts of speech contained in each sentence i.e. subject and verb. Lena then underlined these parts of speech in her two sentences. We reviewed chapter vocabulary and then completed reading chapter 9. I paraphrased on the board a critical passage in the novel wherein the author describes the function of writing or literature as easing pain by memorializing the pain in words . Lena copied this thought into her notes and then took a chapter 9 quiz upon completing reading chapter 9. She scored 100%.