Thursday, September 11, 2014

Thursday, September 11

Freshmen: Today our focus was on the concept of effective repetition in poetry; we differentiated this from clutter and redundancy. Tonight, revise your current four poems for this principle, using effective repetition in places where it will strengthen your piece; craft a fifth, final poem that uses repetition effectively and adheres to the previous seven principles we have studied. You will hand in all five poems tomorrow in class. Read for 20 minutes, and bring in your Membean money if you haven't as yet.

Sophomores: Please see the revised reading schedule posted below. Due tomorrow are your personal narrative essays as well as your This I Believe worksheets.

Sophomore Honors: Today we had a discussion on which of Foster's ideas are evident in Life of Pi. If your essay isn't done, get it in soon; you should finish Part II from Life of Pi by the end of next week. Due tomorrow is your Membean money as well as your This I Believe worksheets.

CNF: Today we began reading Chapter 3 from Blink; when you finish reading, rather than having a page of notes, you should have a page long reflection that is a reaction to what you have just read.

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