Mon 8/31 (F) or Tu 9/1 (H):

• • Read "How to Mark a Book" (click on the highlighted title for the link)

  • Read "Surrendering" by Ocean Vuong, pp. 153-155 of your reader (please note that the Table of Contents is slightly off.

    • Mark up this story (annotate it).

      • What do you notice about the story?

    • Don't worry about annotating/marking up the story incorrectly. Just give it a shot!

Weds 9/2: Asynch day Assignment: Elevator pitch

Th 9/3 (F) or Fri 9/4 (H):

• • • Please review "Surrendering." We'll spend the first part of class discussing this story

    • Please read about the following and do the exercises on the pages listed below:

      • • Nouns and pronouns on pp. 4-6 of the PDF below:

        • Also, verbs on pp. 9-12 of the PDF below:

          • • Grammar Workbook (Links to an external site.)

            • Please open the preview window and download the PDF

              • Note: you can do the exercises on your computer (on the PDF or on a Google doc--no need to share the doc with me) or you can print out the exercises and do them on paper. Either way is fine.

• • • • For extra practice, please read about nouns on pp. 8-12 of How Grammar Works and do the exercises on pp. 9 & 12.

        • • Click here:

          • How Grammar Works: Nouns (Links to an external site.)

      • Please read the "Policy on Plagiarism" (Links to an external site.) (we may not talk about it tomorrow, but it's important to review)

Tu 9/7 (F) or Weds 9/8 (H):

Read and Annotate "Mother Tongue," pp. 148-151 of the reader