English 11
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Existentialism and Camus: Myth of Sisyphus
Lesson Outline
Zach has to write an essay on this topic, so I found some resources that he can use to write his one page essay.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Tuesdays with Morrie reading and discussion
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin and I continued our reading and discussion of "Tuesdays with Morrie." We also researched local charities for a future project.
Assignment
Finish "Tuesdays with Morrie"
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Tuesdays With Morrie
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin came to campus, and we read and discussed the third Tuesday in Tuesdays with Morrie.
Assignment
Read the 4th Tuesday.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Tuesdays with Morrie, Summarizing Skills
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin and I discussed Tuesdays with Morrie. She wrote a summary of her reading, and we revised the summary for proper verb tense, tags, punctuation, quotations, and details.
Assignment
Read the first two Tuesdays in Tuesdays with Morrie
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Evaluating a Performance
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin and I evaluated a video (dance and drama) performance, using expectations and results. We also continued reading the poetry of Emily Dickinson, analyzing her diction, punctuation, and metaphors.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Introduction to Tuesdays With Morrie
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin and I discussed the new memoir we will be reading: Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays With Morrie." I showed her a video interview with Morrie Schwartz, the protagonist.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Carolyn took my place after 30 minutes, since I had to leave early just today.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Tuesdays With Morrie, Chapters 1-4
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin and I began our new book: the bestselling memoir by Mitch Albom titled "Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson." We discussed characterization (personalities, perspectives, and actions). She answered all of my recall, inference, and analysis questions correctly.
Assignment
Read chapters 5-8
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Sister's Keeper
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin worked on a series of comprehension questions regarding My Sister's Keeper, which she finished during the break.
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
I had car trouble, so a substitute teacher took over for me for the last 45 minutes of our session.
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Grammar review
Lesson Outline
Today, Robin and I reviewed indefinite pronouns, antecedents, pronoun-antecedent agreement, hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes, using several exercises in her grammar text. I introduced her to the writing of Emily Dickinson. We read two poems and watched a video biography.
Assignment
Prepare three Dickinson poems to teach me on Tuesday.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Session Date
Lesson Topic
IB IOP
Lesson Outline
I reviewed Zach's draft for his IOP and made extensive comments about where it required greater precision and clarity.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
I get the sense that Zach is not accustomed to being challenged regarding the precision of his word choice and didn't much care for the experience.