Freshmen: Today we continued working on the thinking process of observe, induce, state thesis. We practiced by doing an exercise called "Gang of Four", which you can find at this address: http://jeffhouse.addr.com/writing/gangoffour.htm. SPOILER ALERT: Do not scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page - it tells you the answer. I want to see what you think and why; the right answer is not importance. We also went over the unit 1 vocab quizzes. Your homework tonight is to read for 20 minutes and to write a typed paragraph short essay that explains who killed Whippersnapper and why. Follow this structure for your paragraph: First sentence is your thesis, the next three to five are supporting details, and wrap up with a concluding sentence.
Sophomores: We talked about other famous Richard Parkers in sailing lore, and also introduced the idea of NPR's "This I Believe" essays. Your homework is to write a one page, typed This I Believe statement from Pi's point of view. Adopt his voice, his diction, his tone, his way of writing, and get inside the character as you figure out exactly what he would write if he were submitting to NPR. Do these four things: write from his point of view; write in the first person and imitate his voice and style; use lists; type it, about a page. This is due Wednesday. Finish Part II from Life of Pi for next Monday; there will be a vocab quiz on chapter 1 on Wednesday.
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