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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Homework: December 12

Honors English 11 (D)

  • Finish your chapter 7 map, if you haven't already done so. Your map should include information about: 
    • Deo’s background
    • Hutu/Tutsi—Deo’s understanding (and how it changed)
    • Burundian history—Deo’s understanding (and how it changed)
    • Rwandan history—Deo’s understanding (and how it changed)
    • Memory
    • Education
    • Contrasts and contradictions
    • Tough questions—Deo's
    • Your questions
  • Write a 3-paragraph response to chapter 8.
    • 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…)
  • If you are all set with those two things, start studying your vocab, or work on your Article of the Week--Learning How to Learn.
  • Read your independent book!
English 11 (F)
  • You have your working schedule for Frederick Douglass. So, use it to do some work! You should spend at least 20 minutes between now and Monday doing some work--that might be reading, annotating and/or writing. We'll check in on Monday, and we'll continue working.
  • Read your independent book!
Honors English 12 (G)
  • Read Chapters 18-24 in "The Body." Annotate the text, keeping a close eye on how Gordie's role as storyteller. Because he's the narrator, this is essentially Gordie's story...right?
  • Read your independent book!

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