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Monday, March 25, 2013

Homework: March 25

Honors English 11

  • Tomorrow, we'll wrap up our conversation about Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher." Good work in our discussion today.
  • Tonight, you're reading and annotating the excerpts from "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. We'll talk about Transcendentalism tomorrow.
English 12
  • We started watching Stand by Me in class today--it's the film version of "The Body." You'll write about how effectively the film translates Stephen King's novella to film. 
  • Your homework tonight is to write a one-page reflection on what you've seen of the film so far. Some questions to consider:
    • What do you think of the changes made from novella to film--we noticed some already!
    • What do you think of the casting of the characters? Accurate?
    • What are your thoughts regarding the "emotional core" of the film--is it capturing the "emotional core" of the novella?

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