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Friday, September 11, 2015

Homework: September 11

Honors English 11 (F block)

  • Complete the "Sherman Alexie's Many Tribes" reading assignment--due Wednesday.
  • Be ready to write about summer reading on Monday!
Honors English 12 (G block)
  • Read Room. Book clubs will meet on Thursday next week, and will cover the first section of the book.
  • Revisit your vignette. Ask yourself the following questions:
    • What does this vignette show about the topic I've chosen, and what does it show about me? (Consider our discussion about "The Earl of Tennessee," where we discussed how the author tells a lot about Earl, and we also learn about the narrator.)
  • Revise your vignette, considering--what do you want it to show about your topic and about you? And, pick a couple of sentences from Cisneros that you love, and use them as models for some sentences of your own in your revision.
English 11 (A block)
  • Spend at least 10 minutes reading your independent reading book.
  • Spend at least 5 minutes writing a response to your IR book. You can use prompts like "I think..." "I notice..." "I wonder..."
Honors English 11 (B block)
  • Check yesterday's post!

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