Today Marcos began our session working on his yo-yo manual. When he was finished, he worked briefly on his next keyboarding lesson. He has moved on to the top row.

Today we completed a graphic organizer on the plot of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. There were many parts to the questions which primarily addressed the evolution of the protagonist. Interestingly, the FLVS material drew from James Marcia's work on identity status (which grew out of Erik Erikson's identity and psychosocial development theories). Marcia identifies Diffusion, Foreclosure, Moratorium, and Achievement are NOT stages, NOT sequential, but statuses. This can be very helpful to adolescents if they are prompted to identify with it, and FLVS makes small steps to guide students in that direction.

Today Zach completed his final exam for English 3 which consisted of a multiple choice section and four short-answer responses.

Today Zach completed that last assignment for English 3, an essay on comedic devices used in Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Next week, he will complete the final exam.

Today, Zach and I reviewed comedic literary devices. Next, we read Act 5 of the Taming of the Shrew, and then Zach completed an assignment where he had to find a comedic device used in each act and analyze it. Next, Zach drafted a thesis statement for his next literary analysis essay assignment.

Today Zach and I reviewed the elements of plot. Next, we continued reading acts 3 and 4 of the Taming of the Shrew and then outlined the plot elements for his assignment.

Today, we finished reading through Act II of the Taming of the Shrew. Zach annotated literary elements such as characterization, foil, conflict, allusion, figurative language, POV, setting, foreshadowing, and imagery. Next he completed an analysis assignment where he had to describe how these literary elements related to the characterization of the different characters in the play.

Today, Zach edited the video of his presentation on distracted driving that we filmed last week. Next, we uploaded to dropbox to be able to submit the file to FLVS. Then, we moved on to the honors module 8, and went over literary elements. We then began reading and annotating the first two scenes and Act 1 of Taming of the Shrew.

Today Zach added to and completed his conclusion. Zach then revised his entire argumentative paper and created a works cited page before submitting. Next, Zach outlined a speech to give for a video recorded presentation. He found a chart that related to the content of this speech, and then we recorded it in sections and uploaded it to edit next week.

Today, Zach began by completing his reflections of module 6 and 7. Next, he found quotes from his research for the body paragraphs of his argumentative essay. Lastly, he drafted and revised the body paragraphs while integrating his research. He also drafted a quick conclusion to submit for the next assignment.