We had a couple of great conversations today.  We talked for a while about the setting of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech.  We had a nice discussion that concluded with us talking about how if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech didn't have the historical context that it did, it wouldn't have changed us the way that it changed us.  Despite the fact that the speech is a non-fiction text, I tied it into our fiction texts.  We related his story to the idea that characters are affected by their setting.

We also talked about photography, and how to make visually interesting photos that make a statement.