Lesson 46

 We opened class with a chat about a clip from The Late Show, and a discussion about language and access to information.

We briefly discussed this article about the Jay Treaty, and the redefinition of citizenship.

In groups, students raced to find as many quotations related to the three time periods outlined in the play as possible, as per the following instructions:

Find multiple quotations, at least 2, but hopefully more, for each of the time periods our characters come from (1500's, 1980's and 2090's) that cover all of what setting is about -->Time/Place/Society/Tone/Mood/Feeling -- These Quotations can describe the space, but they can also be bits of conversations that reveal things about setting.  PLEASE write down the quotation, and note the speaker, page number, and time period it represents.

At the end of the race, the group with the greatest number of quotations (on everyone's sheets) won a little prize.

Students received the project piece for this unit - they will have two blocks to work on the project, and will receive the rubric for it next class. 

It came to my attention that I skipped the end of the play with this class, due to the snow day and time blindness - we will, without question, finish it at the opening of our next block!