Freshmen: Today we focused on some key elements of narrative text structure: plot, character, theme, and setting, and applied those elements to a short story and created a story map. One side of your story map is due next period; read for 20 minutes tonight and Tuesday. Also, for next Monday, you must research and find a place to submit your essay for publication. By Monday, you need a stamped, addressed envelope with a copy of your essay inside so that I can mail it for you. Search the web; search The Writer's Market if you can get a copy at the library for ideas.
Sophomores: Today we talked about our Echoes of the Tao assignment for Life of Pi, and you should be working on it for The Power of One. You also should be working on your 3EJ, as two entries are due for it on Thursday. For Friday, Chapters 1-7 are due on The Power of One as well; we will also have a vocab exam on Friday. I introduced an assignment that requires you to read and write about 5 essays on the This I Believe website - it is due on Friday, October 23.
CNF: Today and next period, we are reading Chapter 6 and the conclusion to Blink and taking 15 notes, using the question stems to prepare for the seminar on Thursday; on Friday, you will have an in-class essay exam that focuses on the three tasks Gladwell set out to accomplish with Blink.
Extra Credit (ALL CLASSES): Attend Wednesday's Director's Night for Rent, and write a 1/2 page typed double spaced reaction and hand it in on Friday for 25 points extra credit.
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