Lesson 16

 Students read their personal novels for a short stretch.

We listened to "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette, and set about discussing what really was ironic about the song (students need to do more analytical work with their stories, and better support claims about literary devices with evidence from the text at hand).

We went through the vocabulary from our last class together.

We talked a bit more about the 6pt scale, and what students should be aiming for in the class.

We read the first few pages of "The Metaphor," but stopped halfway down page 67.

Hmwrk - List all of the people in your family - write a metaphor for each one. You can write thematically connected metaphors (as in an extended metaphor, into which they all fit), or a separate one for each of them. Don't forget yourself!