We looked at a couple of drafts student’s wrote for the Last of the Mohicans Essay.  I asked students to concentrate on:

1. Explain how the characters demonstrate the qualities of Romanticism.
2. Make sure the title of the film is either underlined or italicized.
3. Refer to all events which occur in the film in the present tense.
4. Work to eliminate excess words, phrases or sentences.

HOMEWORK:  Finish the first draft of the essay and bring it to class on Tuesday.

We began with the quiz on Act III. Following that, we began reading Act IV.

HOMEWORK: Finish reading Act IV and answer Reading Check questions which follow.

We continued to work on the Last of the Mohicans Essay.

HOMEWORK:  Continue to work on the essay.