Lesson 14

 We began today's class with students handing in the homework from last day - 1/3rd of the class did not have work to hand in. There is a clear trend for some students, and they should look to prioritize this early learning, or they will find themselves very behind in just a short time. 

No one did a perfect job of the homework - as a result, we set about writing better statements, and critiquing them as a class. No group wrote a perfect statement.

AND SO! Homework is to write a solid theme statement for "Barney," using the "How to Write a Theme Statement" sheet. 

Please note: Students were encouraged to go to the Writing Lab for help with this work at lunch today, but most did not do so. The HWL is open Mon/Tues/Wed, and tutorials are open daily, apart from the FRIDAY OF WEEK 1.

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