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Monday, February 4, 2013

Homework: February 4

Honors English 11

  • I gave you our weekly agenda today, which lists our major upcoming events and tasks.
  • Here are upcoming due dates:
    • Wednesday: Read and fill out the graphic organizer for the poem "Genetics"
    • Thursday: Read and annotate "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, AZ"
    • Friday: Complete weekly reading assignment, "Sherman Alexie's Many Tribes"
  • My suggestions for what to complete tonight (even though nothing is technically due tomorrow):
    • Read "Genetics" and fill in the organizer
    • Read and annotate the Alexie essay "Sherman Alexie's Many Tribes," perhaps completing the summary
English 12
  • We worked in class today on a response to the question below. For tomorrow, please write a draft of your response. It should be a full draft!
    • What have the 5 texts we've read so far taught us about the experience of growing up?
      • To answer this question, you must reference all 5 texts, and you should include at least 3 "lessons" or ideas. Remember the model we did in class today, and remember the graphic organizer idea that I gave you.
      • You should include specific details from each text; these might be specific quotations, or might be paraphrased details.
        • The texts are:
          • "The Journey" by Mary Oliver
          • "This Is How I Remember It" by Betsy Kemper
          • excerpt from Homewood by John Edgar Wideman
          • "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins
          • excerpt from Room by Emma Donoghue

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