Today we conducted a double session of English .During the first session, we addressed writing skills applicable to a quote analysis paragraph that Kaitlin completed last night. Her analysis was very impressive ,and we discussed how to better contextualize the quote. We then worked on a character comparison essay comparing Estella and Biddy. I directed Kaitlin to textual passages to incorporate and assisted her in paragraph organization, and avoiding generalization . During our second session, we noted how Part II of the novel subsumes the plot of Part I to social caricature as Pip becomes a wealthy man of London. I noted how Dickens' depiction of London as grimy, dismal, and dirty contrasts with Pip's "great expectation" of London, I suggested that the novel at this stage could perhaps better be titled "False Expectations." We then studied Dickens' portrayal of lawyers and the middle class Pocket family who are portrayed as so self absorbed they ignore their young children who are constantly falling ,tripping , and crying. Again, we see Dickens' concern with the cruel treatment of children.