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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Homework: October 17

English 11 (F)

  • Read True Diary! You should finish through page 149 tonight. Tomorrow, you'll be writing summaries and reflecting, so make sure you read carefully!
  • Read your independent book.
Honors English 12 (G)
  • Prepare a draft college/personal essay. Tomorrow, you'll get some feedback. You should come to class with a PRINTED OUT draft.
  • Read your independent book.
Honors English 11 (A)

  • Today, we spent some time looking at first drafts of your essays. You got some initial feedback from your classmates. BRING THOSE DRAFTS, with sticky notes, with you on Friday, so we can continue to talk about them. 
  • Spend some time to start reading through the notes, and make some revisions to your paper. Build your introduction, revise your thesis, and dig into the language/examples any more.
  • Study those vocab words--we'll do an activity to practice them on Friday.
  • Read your independent book!
English 12 (B)
  • Read Room, to the end of page 31. We'll continue to address the question: What PURPOSE does telling the story from Jack's perspective serve?
  • Read your independent book!




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