Lesson 40

 We began with poetry - poetry of place, and self - Students read their poems to groups of their choosing, and some were shared with the class more broadly. There were a number of poems read - they were excellent - I really appreciate the engagement of students who care about their work, and raise the level of the class as a whole.

Groups looked at quotations from the novel, and made guesses about characters, conflicts, themes etc. in anticipation of the text to come.

We began work with the text - Chapter 1 is  coming next class!