Scribe Notes Weds. 4/15/09

Agenda:
1- Les Miserables: Socratic Seminar
--> The Paris Revolution of 1832
2-Choosing a self-selected topic
--> prewriting

HW:
1- Vocab ex 4.
2- work on prewriting
--> topic choice, rationale


We began class talking about Section 4, St. Denis. We discussed our feelings in general about the section, then we began to talk about the language the characters use, how it affects them and what we can draw from it about the characters. Specifically, we focused on Marius's letter to Cosette, and the slang that Gavroche and the criminals use. We did not discuss the Paris Revolution of 1832. We will be writing an essay on a self-selected topic related to Les Miserables. For homework, we should brainstorm a few topics as well as the rationale behind our choosing it. Also, do vocab exercise 4.