Monday 11/4--Personal essay due. Please post on turnitin.com (check your period's website for information on class account).
To do in class: read the essays attached below.
Tuesday 11/5--Read Autobiography of a Face, pp. 1-21 (21 pages).
Thursday 11/7--Read Autobiography of a Face, 22-45 (23 pages). Response due.
Click on your response site under "11/7--Autobiography of Face: Photo" for instructions.
Word count: 300 words minimum.
Bring your photo to class on Thursday!
Friday 11/8--Read Autobiography of a Face, 45-68 (23 pages).
Monday 11/11--NO SCHOOL (Veterans Day)
Tuesday 11/12--Read Autobiography of a Face, 69-87 (18 pages).
Journal entry due. Optional Topic: Is ignorance bliss? Why or why not? OR Do we or don't we create our own identities?
Word count: 300 words
Student teaching day: Peet, Jake; Ian and Katie.
Thursday 11/14--Read Autobiography of a Face, 8-113 (25 pages). Response due.
Instructions for your response are now posted on your period's website.
Word count: 250 words
Friday 11/15--Read Autobiography of a Face, 113-135 (22 pages). Student teaching day: Michael, Elana.
Monday 11/18--Read Autobiography of a Face, 136-159 (23 pages). Student teaching day: Sara, Sophie
Tuesday 11/19--Read Autobiography of a Face, 160-181 (21 pages).
Journal entry due. (Optional) Topic: bullying OR masks (what masks do you wear? when? why?)
Word count: 200 words.
Thursday 11/21--Read Autobiography of a Face, 181-201 (20 pages). Student teaching day: Vik, Namir
Friday 11/22--Finish Autobiography of a Face, 201-223. Response due.
Monday 11/25--Read afterword by Ann Patchett and read this brief piece by Grealy's sister: http://lisamm.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/suellen-grealy-sister-of-author-lucy-grealy-is-hijacked-by-grief/
Also, if you didn't do the response for Friday, you can write the response for Monday. Please see your period's website under "Response: 11/22" for instructions.
Tuesday 11/26--Creative response on Autobiography.
Thursday 11/28--THANKSGIVING BREAK
Friday 11/29--THANKSGIVING BREAK
Monday 12/2--NO HOMEWORK. English Dept. Day
Tuesday 12/3--
On the response site, please post at least ONE good in-class essay question--in bold--on Autobiography of a Face and/or on Autobiography of a Face in comparison with The Glass Castle.
After you've posted your question, please freewrite an answer to your question or to another students question. If another student's question, please include the question and let us know who posed it.
Word count: 400 words minimum.
Thursday 12/5--In-class essay on Autobiography of a Face.
Friday 12/6--Read and mark up essay by James Baldwin, "Notes of a Native Son" in Lopate, pp. 587-604.