Cabo reviewed 20 SAT vocabulary words and created synonyms and antonyms for each one. He then read chapter 17 of J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. He then explained in a short speech why the protagonist's maladjustment is more serious than a mere problem of growing up.

We first reviewed and discussed Matthew's homework which included a paragraph revision exercise. We in detail examined cohesive sentence order, formal usage, and eliminating superfluous words and phrases. With supervision , Matthew does very well in his editing and revision work and readily recognizes the added cogency of the revisions . We then analyzed Chapter 6 of the novel. I noted that analytical essay writing should address literary style such as figurative language. We then examined Tolstoy's personification of "Pain" and addressed the thematic significance of personifying that aspect of Ivan's slow demise. We further examined Ivan's realization that his fatal injury, his symbolic "fall" ,was a consequence of his shallow values and pretentiousness. I last reviewed and discussed the homework answers from the study guide. Matthew actively participates in class discussions and diligently completes all of his homework assignments..HW-read next chapter.,Answer all study guide questions for two chapters..Due Monday.

Bella read the next chapter of the nonfiction novel Escape from Camp 14. She analyzed the chapter for tone and rhetorical strategies that created the author's effect on the reader. She then imitated the writing style in a short writing piece where she expounded on the theme.

Jaydn read the next chapter of The Glass Castle. She then wrote on the theme of instability of a family and used text from the chapter to support her point of view in the essay,

Cabo continued his SAT vocabulary study and orally created a story appropriately using the words. He then read the next chapter of Catcher in the Rye. He discussed and imitated the author's writing style of steam of consciousness.

Bella continued her study of the nonfiction novel Escape from Camp 14. She discussed the geography and government of North Korea and its place in the world today. She analyzed the protagonist's personality traits based on his growing up in the camp and compared and contrasted him to the leader of North Korea.

Jaydn continued her study of the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. She analyzed the theme of familial relationships and described the relationships of the main characters. She discussed what she thought the author was trying to convey about the theme through the characters. She continued her SAT vocabulary study.

Cabo read the next chapter of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. He orally predicted the protagonist's behavior and intentions based on text evidence read. He cited quotes to support his predictions. He then continued with his SAT vocabulary study.

Today's lesson focused on continuing Jaydn's assignment for creative writing. Jaydn spent the class writing her creative passage based on a picture provided of a swing in a creepy setting. Jaydn wrote a detailed story about a character who wanted to play on the swing that she could see from her backyard but was not allowed to play on. She developed characters and a creative storyline.

During the first half of the session, I reviewed Ivan's existentialist crisis as evidenced by specific language in the text. I then provided instruction on the opening of chapter 6 that delves in to what is known in logic as the "Caius syllogism". I provided definitions of syllogism and deductive and inductive reasoning .From there,Matthew did a very good job analyzing how Ivan,prior to his illness, was able to divorce himself from the realities of death i.e. the Caius syllogism , by convincing himself that death and illness were events that happened to other people, not to proper upper class members of society. During the second part of the session, we worked on revisions to Matthew's essay comparing "Naturalism" and Transcendentalism" focusing on the need to reorder his sentences within paragraphs, and to avoid repetition . After reviewing his essay, I distributed a paragraph rewriting exercise I prepared which we started in class. HW-Make essay revisions/complete rewrite paragraph exercise.