Homework: September 13

Honors English 11 (A)

• Complete the Sherman Alexie article assignment.
• Read your book! You should read about 15 minutes a night--at least half an hour over the weekend. But, if you didn't read 15 minutes each night this week, then spend some more quality time with that book this weekend! 

English 12 (B)

Your poetic stylings were very impressive today, folks! Many of you shared your poems called "On Turning Eighteen," and your classmates and I were impressed with the variety, the images, the specific details, and the metaphors you used. 

• This weekend, create a final draft of your poem. You identified a line in Billy Collins's poem "On Turning Ten"...use it as a model to revise part of your poem, either by adding an inspired detail, or rephrasing something you already included. In addition, remember to consider:
• details--they really help us visualize your experience, and they help us relate. Remember how Karlee talked about playing soccer?
• your own voice--it helps us connect to you as an individual, and shows us that there's a real person writing this poem! Brenton talked about "kickin' it in pre-K," which was a much better line than, "spending time in pre-kindergarten class," right?
• comparisons--use unique comparisons to help your readers connect. You compared growing up to a roller coaster, a ferris wheel, a book with new chapters. Comparisons (metaphors, similes) really help!
• Read your book! You should read about 15 minutes a night--at least half an hour over the weekend. But, if you didn't read 15 minutes each night this week, then spend some more quality time with that book this weekend! 

Honors English 11 (D)

• Write a 1-2 page response to 30 Days (the film we finished in class today): 
• • paragraph 1, summary of the show
  • paragraph 2, response to the show (what resonates with you?)
  • paragraph 3, connections between show and Alexie texts.
• (Note--if you weren't in class today, but have Netflix, you can find the video in Season 3 of Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days series. It's called "30 Days on a Reservation."
• Read your book! You should read about 15 minutes a night--at least half an hour over the weekend. But, if you didn't read 15 minutes each night this week, then spend some more quality time with that book this weekend! Also, I won't see you on Monday, so read that night, too. Phew. SO MUCH READING! Lucky...