English 12 (B)
- Read and annotate chapters 10-12 of "The Body." On Monday, we will have a reading quiz, so make sure you're prepared! You should know information about each of the characters, and you should know important events about the plot.
- Read your independent book1
Honors English 11 (D)
- In class today, we started doing some brainstorming/prepping for writing about Strength in What Remains, and now you'll write about it! Write a one-pager this weekend, in which you focus on and explore something interesting you've noticed in the text. Below, you'll find my in-class brainstorm--remember, this piece was a very quick, and rough, initial session of brainstorming. It's all over the place, and jumpy, and shows the way my mind works. (Yikes!) In order to write my one pager, I'd choose a point of focus, and "write to explore"--remember the one-pager is all about figuring things out. It should be one page, typed, single spaced. If you can't type it, just make sure that you make up for the length when handwriting.
- Read your independent book!
English 11 (F)
- We had a great discussion today, about your independent reading books, and about Frederick Douglass. For homework tonight, complete the front side of the chart. We brainstormed some potential purposes Douglass might have had for writing. They were:
- to share the horrors of slavery with those in the North
- to show how horrible/disgusting some people (slave owners/overseers) were within the system
- to advocate for slavery's end
- to show how strong/smart slaves (Douglass) can be
- Over the weekend, on the chart, you'll choose two of the purposes listed above, and you'll examine the story to find evidence that fits. We'll use the evidence we find to decide if all of the ideas we had are accurate, or if they can be fine-tuned. Then, we'll use them to guide our reading as we move forward.
- Also, read your independent reading book!
- Here's that relevant quotation that Luis brought up in class; RIP Nelson Mandela:
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