Saturday, January 31, 2009

Homework

--Stop! Hamlet-time (I hope somebody gets that... Nicole? Adam?)
Start reading and completing the quote journal. Don't forget the IMs, too.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Homework

--Do your 2nd draft of the Vonnegut paper

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Homework

--Revise your Kurt Vonnegut papers (due Tuesday)
--TPCASTT "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

Friday, January 16, 2009

Homework

--In Slaughterhouse-Five, find fifteen quotes that prove the theme of your choice.
--Prepare to read Hamlet. If you want to buy the book, do so now... it's coming up next week.
--Check turnitin.com because your Vonnegut essays will be graded by Sunday, and you will be revising them as an assignment... you can get a head start.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Homework 1/13/09

--Write a letter to the juniors who are prospective AP lit students
--Complete your poetry analysis for the Shakespeare poems
--test on poetry

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Homework

--Vonnegut paper due Tuesday
--Test Friday
--Edit your epiphany papers (if I asked you to do so).

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Next Writing Assignment

Just in case I forget. Three pages due Tuesday 1/13/09

Some works of literature use the element of time in a distinct way. The chronological sequence of events may be altered, or time may be suspended or accelerated. Show how Vonnegut’s manipulation of time contributes to the effectiveness of Slaughterhouse-Five as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.