Rory and I finished watching the interviews with the author. He provided some unique insight to his book. We discussed the videos and what impact if any they will have on our interpretation of the text. We then talked about some writing assignments to accompany the book. We talked about creating a Venn diagram. We then read more chapters of the book.
Rory and I watched a video where the author talks about his book. The interview took place at Harvard. The author talked about the content. He also spent a lot of time talking about his purpose for writing the novel. He explained the research behind the novel. It was very interesting. We need to finish watching it tomorrow.
Rory and I are beginning our study of the novel. We read the introduction and the first chapter and discussed it and talked about author's purpose. We also discussed creating a Venn diagram illustrating the similarities and differences between the two Wes Moores.
Rory and I again continued our study of the JAY-Z BOOK; however, Rory is finding it boring and so am I. Another teacher, Miss Lisa, brought me a book that her son read for college called THE OTHER WES MOORE. I shared it with Rory , and he really likes it. We read the introduction and discussed the opening chapter. We are going to switch our focus for right now.
A BRIEF MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF ANGUS BETHUNE by Crutcher
Lesson Outline
Rory and I broke away from the JAY-Z book. We studied a short story. The story also has a movie made from it. We watched clips of the movie and discussed author's purpose and the characterization the author uses vs. the characterization the actors employ.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Rory is a very nice young man; however, he slept all class period. He complained of a migraine.
Rory and I continued with the study of his chosen book. We again talked about author's purpose. We talked about the different writing styles in each book that we have read so far. I also explained to Rory that he needs to choose some quotes from this book to react to for his double journal entries.
Rory and I continued our study of the book. We read and discussed some chapters. Rory is reading through the song lyrics, but we are going to go back through and analyzing the lyrics for the use of figurative language and poetic devices.
Rory and I continued our study of the book. We discussed the chapters that we read. We talked about author's purpose, and we discussed what we found interesting and what we found not interesting.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Rory was a little better today and did participate. He just is very, very tired.
Rory and I discussed the differences and similarities between Jay-Z and Gucci Mane. Rory outlined some them for me. We then watched some interviews with Jay-Z to try to get a better perspective of the author of the book that we are reading.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
I am sorry to be writing this, but this is the first time that Rory has really given me a difficult time. He is still very respectful, but he refuses to be productive in any way. He verbally complains about having to be in school, and I reminded him that I even allowed him to choose books of high interest to him. I feel as if since he has returned from California his attitude has worsened.
