POM III / "Soft Rains" Finale

Grade 12

Yesterday:

• Read college application essay sample accepted by Harvard.
• Peer review on Essay #2 (Quest. #29 in question packet). Final due Monday.
• Pd. 1 was given back essay #1.

Today:

• College application essay sample accepted by Cornell.
• Discuss.
• Note: College app essays must have three things:
• Reveal the writer
• Focused on a specific anecdote
• demonstrates personal growth
• Pd. 7 was given back essay #1
• Pd. 4 will receive theirs on Monday.
• Rewrite deathlines are as follows:
• Pd. 1 - 10/5
• Pd. 4 - 10/9
• Pd. 7 - 10/5
• All drafts must be submitted with rewrites!
• Reviewed Wednesday's "Power of Myth"
• continued video.

Grade 10

Yesterday

• Journal: What image in the story seems importnat so far? Why?
• Finished reading "There Will Come Soft Rains"
• Began graphic organizer

Today

• Journal: What is the theme of the story? How do you know?
• Discussion
• Finished graphic organizer.
• Compared in groups