Homework: November 21

Honors English 11 (A and D)

• Paper revisions are due next class! Work hard on them...come see me if you have questions or need help. I expect some changes and revisions--don't even think about just reprinting your original version (or, just fixing a couple of little mistakes and calling it a day). Not that you would do that...
• Read your independent reading book!

English 11 (F)

• You folks did some great thinking and reading today. I was psyched to be part of such a thoughtful, academic-minded atmosphere! After reading the first half of "The Yellow Wallpaper," you asked some great questions that helped guide your reading through the end. Here are some of the questions that I noted:
• What's up with:
• the room?
• the husband? Why does he talk to her like she's a child?
• the wallpaper?
• the baby?
• Is she seeing something different? She says the wallpaper should go, but John says no.
• Is it making her worse to sit there by herself?
• We learn about the story through her perspective--how is this important to our understanding? Is John really like that, or is she just telling us he is?
• Why doesn't he want her to write?
• For homework, your job is to finish reading the story. What's UP with that ending? We'll talk tomorrow. Once you're done reading, write a one-paragraph response to the question/focus you chose, and/or about your observations and ideas about the story.
• Read your independent book!

Honors English 12 (G)

• Work on your Room comparative essay. It's due Tuesday! The ideas are looking great--I'm really looking forward to talking about them and reading them.
• Read your independent book!