Browsing Archive: December, 2010

Thursday, December 23

Posted by Kira LeeKeenan on Wednesday, December 22, 2010,

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY EVERYONE!!

Your vacation homework is as follows:
1. Write the first couple of pages of a gothic novel.
2. Finish reading your independent reading book. Final "Good Book Proposal" project is attached here. You do not need to work on this project over vacation if you don't want to. But you should familiarize yourself with the project essential questions, requirements, and expectations.
3. Read Chapters 18-20 in Northanger Abbey. No reading questions.
4. Start working on...
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Wednesday, December 22

Posted by Kira LeeKeenan on Wednesday, December 22, 2010,

Read Chapters 16-17 and complete the rest of your reading questions. You will need to pass these questions in on Thursday!
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Tuesday, December 21

Posted by Kira LeeKeenan on Tuesday, December 21, 2010,

Read Chapters 14&15 and answer chapter questions.
Study for Northanger Vocabulary Quiz 2.

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Monday, Dec 20

Posted by Kira LeeKeenan on Monday, December 20, 2010,

1. Read chapters 12-13 in Northanger Abbey.
2. Complete Chapter 11,12, and 13 reading questions.
3. Study for your reading quiz tomorrow!!

**The quiz will consist of short answer questions on Chapters 1-13 (reading comprehension, narration, and characterization) and the gothic texts (packet given to you by Ms. Levy). There will be twenty questions total.

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Friday, Dec 17

Posted by Kira LeeKeenan on Friday, December 17, 2010,

Read chapters 10 & 11 and write an analytical freewrite: What do you perceive to be the narrator’s opinion of the Thorpe family? Provide evidence to support your points. In what ways is this characterization thematically important?

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