Continue to reference our timeline below, but the homework due Monday is to write a draft of your proposal.  Please have at least 2-3 pages (double-spaced) of your proposal printed out for Monday.  We will meet in the CLASSROOM and then at 1:45PM go to the library to work on your presentations.
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Good Luck on the MCAS this week! You will all do wonderfully!! Please take your time and ask for extra time if needed.

For the next two weeks please reference the below schedule, which includes what we are doing in class and what your homework assignments are.  Handouts given out in class have also been attached.

TIMELINE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS

Homework for the week of March 21 - 25: 

 1)Read Northanger Abbey Literary Criticism 

 

2)  Write the first 1.5 pages of your very own gothic ...

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I am sorry that no post was made yesterday.  The Yola site that I use to update the blog was down every time I tried to post the homework entry.  So the LongComp materials from yesterday are posted below:

LongComp PowerPoint
Prompts for discussion

Tonight's homework is to prepare notes for the in class essay on Friday.  Please remember to meet me in the Mac Lab.  You should continue reading your independent reading book and working on your data sheet which is due on Monday next week.

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Today's PowerPoint (which includes the assignments for the next three weeks)

Homework tonight is to read chapters 24-26.  No reading questions.

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Wednesday's Homework:  Read chapters 14-16 and answer reading questions
Thursday's Homework: 1)  Read chapters 17-20 and reading questions.  2) Study for your vocabulary quiz (20 words from Northanger Abbey)
Friday's Homework: Read chapters 21 - 23 and complete reading questions.
 

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HOMEWORK & REMINDER:

1)Read 10-13 & Film RP; You will have a quiz on Chapters 1-13 tomorrow.

2)Bring in IRB for tomorrow.

Topic for Response Paper -

Which medium—film or narrative—do you personally find more effective in communicating Catherine’s story?  Why?  

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1. Read Chapters 8-9 in Northanger Abbey and complete chapter questions.

2. MCAS multiple choice & open response.

Please make sure to categorize each multiple choice question.  Write the appropriate label next to each question.

These are the different kinds of multiple choice questions you will find on the test:

1. Main idea

2. Elements of fiction (plot, conflict, setting, characterization, etc.)

3. Tone/Mood

4. Author’s purpose

5. Vocabulary (words with multiple meanings; context)
   
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For homework

1) dive back into Northanger Abbey and to pull out specific instances in which Jane Austen is parodying the gothic. You need to find 3-4 examples at least in chapters 1-6.

Tomorrow you will be asked to share out and facilitate a discussion which should illustrate your understanding of what parody is and how it functions in Northanger.  Think about why and how Austen is using it.

2)  You also need to read chapter 5-6 and answer chapter questions.

 

Today's Powerpoint

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Read Chapter 4 in Northanger Abbey and complete Chapter 4 reading questions.  Tomorrow I will be checking your reading questions from the first four chapters.

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Read Chapters 2&3 in Northanger Abbey and answer reading questions for chapters 1-3.  Make sure to write in complete sentences and on a separate piece of paper. Reading Questions for Chapters 1-9 is attached here.

Northanger Vocabulary Quiz 1 will be on March 11th.  Start studying those words!  NA Vocabulary List 1 is attached here.

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