— William Carlos Williams
21 March 2011
English 12 CP Word of the day: aviary
There will be a word quiz on Friday, 3-25-11. Be familiar with the following 15 words>
inchoate/insolvent/winsome/meager/cachet/arbiter/infinitesimal/supplementary/vivacious/ambivalent/
visceral/disparity/hue and cry/rebus/behoove
*A great deal of material has been covered since the last time I posted information. For one, all of you had to write a summative reflective essay for your portfolio presentations scheduled for the week before April vacation. The due date for your rough drafts was 3-14-11. (I am still correcting them, so the due date for the final drafts may change...I'm not sure yet.) These essays are considered a "common task" and must be uploaded to your portfolios.
*I also assigned a project for your outside reading, a re-creation of "Shortcuts" which appears in the Sunday newspaper each week. The due date for that project is Wednesday, 3-23-11.
*We began a new unit on Metaphysical poetry. You had to read the introduction in your anthologies and take notes -- that was a homework assignment. Afterwards, there was quiz on the information (true/false). You are responsible for several definitions: metaphysical poetry/allusion/apostrophe/metaphysical conceit/hyperbole/paradox. We read all the John Donne selections in your books -- you must be familiar with the three poems and the "Meditation 17". There will be a test on the readings on Monday, 3-28-11.
English 10 CP Periods 1 and 4
We continue our reading of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This week, you should be completing chapters 10 and 11. Be sure to remain current with your reading journals! You should have at least 10 entries by now. The due date for the newspaper project will be extended because we need to read a bit more of the book.
Homework includes responding to chapter questions. Tomorrow, Tuesday, 3-22-11, we will continue with the interviews.
...and that's all she wrote! Have a good night!
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