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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Homework: October 27

English 12 (D block)

  • Complete a draft of your personal essay for tomorrow.
  • Read Room--book club is Friday!

Honors English 11 (F block)

  • In class, you looked at and discussed three different essays, examining what they did well. Your job now is to take what you learned (both about what you liked and what frustrated you about the model essays), and use that knowledge to help you revise your own essay.
  • **As I mentioned in class, please maintain a copy of your first draft, so you'll be able to distinguish between first, second, etc.
Honors English 12 (G block)
  • If you want to watch the end of that clip we started in class today (it is thematically relevant to the passage, connecting as it does to the idea of nostalgia), you can find it here.
  • Read the excerpt from "Remembrance of Things Past," mark it up, and be ready to discuss it tomorrow.
  • You should be working on a revision of your "DBQ" essay. Get it in by Monday.

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