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August 2011

August 2011 – Reality vs. Illusion

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Welcome back!

 

Your summer reading test will be during the first ten days of school.

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School begins!


Literary Quote Analysis


Syllabus and information

 

 

 

 

 

HW: Read “How to Say Nothing in 500 Words” Paul Roberts

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Quiz

**Makeup quiz is in the library)


Vocabulary Assignment presented

Allusions Assignment presented

 

Plag.Doc - print, sign, & return


Syllabus - read and KNOW



 HW: SIS - due Monday

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ASSEMBLY


Lecture: The College Essay

 

 

Assignment:  Write a college essay - check your college or use the link below for prompts:

*Personal narrative options

 

HW: Please visit Google Docs and sign up for an account – everything you write MUST be saved to either your virtual locker or google docs.

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Informal Writing Assignment –

 

 Lecture:  Reality


SIS due

 

HW:  Research the statements and have valid FACTS and EXAMPLES to support your opinion: Reality AG

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Reality Notes 


Appearance and Reality

The Question of Truth

This Cup is Not Real




 

HW: Read “The Velveteen Rabbit” by Margery Williams

 

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Vocab Test 1

Small Group Discussion & Textual Evidence

 

  HW:

Read “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad – prepare 5 discussion questions for Friday

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Library – virtual lockers & google docs

 


Reality vs.

Illusion Anticipation Guide

 

 


 

  HW: Read “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad – prepare 5 discussion questions

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 Graded Discussion  - “The Secret Sharer”

 

*If you are absent, your make-up assignment is in the library.

 

*Review Questions for quiz

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“Secret Sharer” quiz

 

 

MLA/WORD Review – KNOW THIS!

 

 Yearbook ONLY:  Previous Order Template

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Rough Draft of college essay due – Peer Edit

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Vocab Test 2

Read “The Night Face Up

 Discussion - page 13-14

If you were absent: please complete the following composition.

Outside Reading:  None –

 

Each month you are required to do additional reading.  At times, it will be a novel or a play.  Other times, you will read a selection from your textbook.  This is to be done on your own time. 

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