Jackie Dowd- October 6

In class today we started out going over a few different things for our essays that are due next week. Every member of the class had to go on Google Classroom and type a sentence about what they would like to achieve in the class that day. Also, we had to include how we plan to finish our essay over the next few days. The rest of the class period was absolutely silent as every student focused on accomplishing the goal they posted for the day. My individual goal was to finish the whole organizer that period. Both Zach and Connor focused on reading their stories to look for quotes and Sarah began to write and plan out her essay. With about five minutes left in class Mr. Rivers told everyone to go back on Google Classroom. Then, we added what we accomplished that class period and if our goal from the start of class was completed. Lucky for me mine was, besides a few quotes that I need to find from my book Room. I found many differences in the setting, characters and even story line between the book and movie that I plan to express in my essay. This project is very interesting because it helps you think about why the writer and director took different approaches to the stories rather than just huffing and puffing that your favorite scene was left out. Over all the class period was all focused on hard work and concentration.