English 11 (F)
- If you didn't complete the homework assignment due today, please do so for next class (Thursday). If I gave your assignment back to you, work to add the detail requested, so you're ready for class on Thursday.
- Take a look at this site to map your "Slavery Footprint." We'll discuss this in class on Thursday,
- You may also check out these sites for more information:
Honors English 12 (G)
- Today in class, we talked about Gordie as a narrator and a storyteller. You pulled some evidence from the text, and analyzed patterns and anomalies that you found. Now, your job is to write up your observations into a formal 1-2 paragraph response. The "big" question is: Who tells the story, and how? Include specific evidence and language to support your idea. The clear answer is "Gordie"--but what do we learn about Gordie, and what do we learn from him? How does he tell the story of "The Body"? You might consider: language, order of events, intertext, point of view, time...
- Read your independent book!
Honors English 11 (A)
- Read chapter 7 by Friday. Keep an eye out for those vocab words, and pay attention to the way Kidder provides background information about Deo's life in Burundi.
- Complete a 3-paragraph reader response--
- Summarize
- Respond: I notice, I think, I wonder
- Connect: Make connections between this text and your schema (prior knowledge--might be literary, historical, current events...)
- Read your independent book!
English 12 (B)
- Write a paragraph comparing the treatment of the train scene in the book v. the film version of "The Body." You might write about things like the way Gordie "directs" Vern in the film--is the treatment the same in the book? Use language from the book to explain!
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