September 24, 2010
Both your "Secret Sharer" and Bleak House analyses will be returned on Monday. You will have the week to rewrite one of them. Your rewrite will be due on Friday, October 1st.
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September 24, 2010
1. Read "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (pages 129-143 in your course packs).
2. Annotate based on your specific assignment.
3. Complete your moodle homework.
4. Reading Notes for Frankenstein are due on Tuesday, Sept. 28th (please print out)
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September 23, 2010
1. Final draft of McTeague
2. Poetry Response 2
3. Literary Terms Quiz
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September 22, 2010
Homework: Review figurative language terminology;
Complete the activity on pages 56-57 in your course pack.
Make sure to complete the following steps for
each passage:
1.Read the passage
2.Identify the author.
3.Identify the narrator
(write this down)
4.Identify the subject
of the passage (what is being talked about) (write this down)
5.Identify the
narrator’s attitude towards the subject. This will give you the tone (write
this down.)
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September 21, 2010
1. Study for vocabulary quiz #2
2. Brainstorm ideas for your Valedictorian speech. (You will only have 30 minutes to write.)
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September 20, 2010
The Frankenstein reading notes that you complete this week will be due on MONDAY, September 27th. Please bring them to class. You DO NOT need to post them onto moodle.
Also, your moodle homework for this week has been posted.
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September 20, 2010
1. Bleak House analysis
2. Advanced Syntactical Terminology Handout
Today's PowerPoint
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September 19, 2010
Please remember to bring your first independent reading book with you to class on Monday. We will start class with 30 minutes of SSR.
If you are having trouble finding your book, let me know ASAP (my email address is:
kleekeenan@cpsd.us); I have a very large library at home and most likely own your book.
Thanks!
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September 17, 2010
1.
Frankenstein Reading Notes. Look at the assignment sheet for more instructions.
2. Personal Essay final draft.
3. Bring your independent reading book to class on Monday.
4. Complete your moodle homework.
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September 16, 2010
Your homework tonight is as follows:
1. Poetry response #12. Read excerpt from
Bleak House (page 47 in your course pack)
Long Term and Weekend assignments:(I would recommend that if you have time tonight to read some of Frankenstein and/or work on your personal essay)1. Frankenstein Reading Notes (letters-ch. 6)2. Final draft of your Dragon essay3. Bleak House analysis (syntax)4. Moodle homeworkToday's PowerPoint
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