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Monday, May 9, 2016

Homework: May 9

English 11 (A block)
  • You have a weekly check-in/vocabulary quiz tomorrow--make sure you study!
  • Start reading/marking up the article you received in class today, "20 Minutes at Rucker Park." Remember, we'll have a discussion in which we compare the article, thematically and stylistically, with The Great Gatsby. We watched a brief video about Rucker Park today in class to help set the context--here it is if you were absent, or want to watch it again:
Honors English 11 (B block)
  • Study for your quiz--it's tomorrow!
  • Complete the handout you received in class; for the part on the back, choose a passage from "Ambush."
  • We watched the first 22:30 of this video, an interview with Tim O'Brien which includes a reading of "Ambush." If you weren't here, or you want to revisit it, you can find it here:


English 12 (D block)

  • Finish your Frankenstein and Room/Juno comparison--it's due Wednesday. Be sure to bring a printed copy that has your title, your name, and the two texts listed at the bottom, like the model text does.\
  • Work on your "Stranger in the Photo" essay.
  • Make sure you're studying your vocabulary--we'll have the final test on all our words on May 17th.

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