Pip has hoped to become a better person in life. Has he succeeded, or not? If so, how so? If not, how not? Large group discussion of what makes for a successful life in class today.
HW: Begin brainstorming a claim for your GE paper: What is the most important, least obvious lesson within the novel? Also, I will collect annotations tomorrow in class.

After collecting your annotations, we will begin small group work on analyzing two essays about the novel. What argument does the author(s) make about the novel? Examining each of these for the argument presented.
HW: Finish reading the second article tonight, annotating as directed in class. In preparation for class tomorrow: What is the most important, less obvious lesson within Dickens’s novel Great Expectations?

Second day in computer lab. Students should leave lab today with a working rough draft (complete) that includes at least two body paragraphs, demonstrates argumentative structure, and includes a dissenting voice in some respect.
HW: Essay is due Monday. Keep working on your draft. I am free to meet with students before and after school, as well as periods 3, 4, 7 and 9

Who is Shakespeare? Documentary on his life and a very short overview of his writing’s impact..
HW: Reading an overview of the play, and an additional essay on the play’s themes and the contemporary importance of the play.