January 5, 2011
Reminders:
1) The Handmaid's Tale project is due on Monday, January 10th
2) One of the final exam passages will be given out on Monday.
3) Feedback on the Frost and Keats' comparative poetry analysis is posted
here.
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December 21, 2010
Study for Vocabulary Quiz 12. The sentence pattern for this week is parallel structure.
Work on your final project.
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December 17, 2010
1. Complete your data sheet for your second independent reading book.
2. Read through page 255 in The Handmaid's Tale.
On Monday you will write in class an essay on your independent reading book. You will be able to use your data sheet when writing your essay, but not the actual book.
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December 15, 2010
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December 14, 2010
Study for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow. The sentence pattern is epistrophe (the opposite of anaphora).
Tomorrow we will finishing talking about Offred's development through Chapter 24, but then you will have time to work on your final project.
In The Handmaid's Tale read to page 159.
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December 13, 2010
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December 10, 2010
1) Read to page 106 in The Handmaid's Tale.
2) Rewrite "Crossing the Swamp" by Mary Oliver.
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December 7, 2010
Read the section from Genesis that I passed out in class today and read to page 66 in The Handmaid's Tale.
You will have your weekly vocabulary quiz on Thursday this week.
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December 3, 2010
Start reading
The Handmaid's Tale. You will love it!!!!! Read to Part 3: Night. This is around 33 pages.
Complete half of your
data sheet for your second independent reading book. You will present a short synopsis of your reading on Monday.
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December 1, 2010
Final literature circle is TOMORROW!!!! Prepare role sheets.
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