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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Homework: September 17

English 12 (D block)
  • Make notes/draft for “On Turning Eighteen” poem.
  • Start reading the second section of Room ("Unlying").
  • Study vocab.
Honors English 11 (F block)

  • Choose ONE element of your group work map from today. (a theme/motif or element of style)
    • Find 3 quotations (one quotation from three different texts, for a total of three) that address the element you've chosen. (So, if you choose basketball, find three different passages where basketball is significant.)
    • Analyze each quotation, addressing its connection to the element you've chosen. (Ex. HOW does it address basketball [or humor, or family]? What language does it use?)
  • Make sure you're studying your vocab and reading your IR book!
Honors English 12 (G block)
  • Draft of "On Turning Eighteen" poem for Monday.
  • Read and mark up "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" and be ready to discuss on Monday.
  • Study vocabulary.
  • Start reading the second section of Room ("Unlying").
English 11 (A block)
  • Write a response to the first part of the documentary we watched today. You should write AT LEAST 2-3 sentences FOR EACH of the prompts, below:
    • "I noticed..."
    • "I wonder..."
    • "I think..."
  • Make sure you're studying your vocabulary!

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