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  1. English 10 honors (Period Five)
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English 10 honors (Period Five) Assignments

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  1. Read to the bottom of page 86 (Signet Classic) or 16 (Dover Thrift) in Heart of Darkness.
  2. Draw the significant passage that was highlighted on your notes.
  3. "Do" the notes for significant passages pages 11-16 (Dover Thrift); pages 77-86 (Signet Classic) -- which means--take notes on the significance of the passage and make sure that you can identify the key word or phrase and explain why this word or phrase is important.
  4. And of course, finish reading SSR Book #3.
Yep, there will be a quiz.....

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Read to the very bottom of page 76 in Heart of Darkness.
Prepare passages 1-6 from the Heart of Darkness notes pages 1-9 -- take notes on the significance, meaning, and the key word....
 
See below if you lost your notes.

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The final draft of your paper is due--the final final final--no backsies.seriously.
But I hoped you realized how un-ready your paper was today....imagine if you had turned it in and I had graded it! Hmmmm....note to self--proof read more carefully....

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Final draft--no backsies--of the Much Ado paper is due on Tuesday.
This paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, single spaced heading, with an intro and two body paragraphs, and a conclusion....

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COME TO CLASS WLL RESTED!!!!

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Rewrite your introduction and your two body paragraphs.
Now that you understand your claim better, your body paragraphs will imrpove.
Typed second drafts and old rough drafts are due at the beginning of class on Wednesday!!!
Make sure that you email the electronic copy of your rewrite to your own email or save it to jupiter grades or save it on a flashdrive or better yet: DO ALL THREE!!!!!

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You need to bring a typed, 200-plus word, double-spaced introduction.
This work must be ready to turn in at the very beginning of the period--so print it out BEFORE class.
 
Please also type up the two pieces of textual evidence that you will use in your paper.
I just need the exact piece of evidence, so that I can think about whether your claim makes sense--so I can see if you are headed in the right direction.
 
A strong introduction has:
1. a claim/an argument/a thesis
2. a discussion of the claim/argument/ thesis
3. background information that is pertinent
to the claim/argument/ thesis
4. a discussion of the topic, if the topic
referred to is complex
 
You can decide in which order these elements should appear--you could "hourglass" or "pyramid" or "funnel."

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1. Bring SSR book #3 to class--start reading!
 
Tony Vuong already did a book talk on Tuesday for a book he read over break: nice job Tony!
 
2. Bring ALL your Much Ado stuff: play and all your notes about the paper--we are going to get writing...
 
 
If you missed class, you need to write a 300-plus word typed response to your assigned poem.
Please answer the following question about your assigned poem: What is the poet arguing? What evidence do you have? Yes. You will need to use evidence from the text.

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1. Get a new outside reading book! Start reading!
 
2. Read over your poem--every day--take notes. When you return we will "do" a Socratic Seminar about your poem--for a grade!
 
3. We will pick up where we left off with your essays on Thursday...just let them "marinate" over the week. Get some rest. Read a alot. See a thoughtful movie that makes you smarter...something cultural.
 
 

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SSR Book #2 is due on Thursday, 29 March 2012.
The last moment to do a book talk is Wednesday during nutrition break.
 
Make sure you have collected at least three pieces of evidence--on your topic--to use on Tuesday durign the in-class writing assignment.
You will be in better shape on Tuesday, if you have already developed a claim.

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"Do" your number passage....you will teach it to the other students.
Finish your SSR book and do a book talk for goodness sake!! More book talk and fewer book tests--that should be our goal!

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Complete the Act III notes for Much Ado About Nothing.We began them in class and you should have finished them in class--but if you did not, complete the notes for homework!!!
 

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Complete the Act III Much Ado About Nothing notes.
Read in your SSR book!!!
 
 
:)
 

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Read in your SSR book--in class on Wednesday, we are going to be having sooooo much fun practicing little nit-picky CAHSEE items, that we will not have time to read.
 
See below for the answers for Act I and Act II notes.
 

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Read Act II in Much Ado About Nothing; complete the Act II notes entirely.
See below.

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1st Outside Reading Book is due in class today.
Last day for book talks for the 1st Outside Reading Book was Thursday, 9 February 2012.

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SSR Book #1 Test today!!!
Last chance to do a book talk: Thursday during tutorial.

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Last day for book talks for the 1st Outside Reading Book is Thursday, 9 February 2012 at 3:00 p.m.

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FINAL typed, double-spaced draft of Antigone response due at the begining of class on Wednesday.
 
Look over your notes--in class you will write another Antigone response. No backsies...one draft--one grade--like a test.

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Read to line 1299 in Antigone. Annotate, highlight.
Complete the Cornell notes about metaphors.
Complete the Cornell notes about literary devices.
 
Your first SSR book is due 10 February 2012....get going!!! Come by and do a book talk...this week looks really good for book talks after school...I don't see any meetings on my planner...and as always, come and do a book talk during tutorial....

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Typed, double-spced draft of Antigone paragraph response due at the beginning of class.

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"Do" the notes--the ones with a highlighted claim...you need to "do" questions 1-5 for the one piecve of evidence you find.
 
In class we read to the bottom of page 101 (line 899) in Antigone.

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Read to line 700 in Antigone.
Highlight and annotate.
Be prepared for a quiz.
Make sure that the notes from class (lines 1-415) are completed (see below).

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Read to the bottom of page 69 in Antigone (line 247).
Make sure that you highlight and annotate the text. I will check.
Be prepared for a reading quiz.
 
If you missed class, come by and get the text from me. We are using a translation by Fagles.

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You must throughly complete the notes about the "Freedom" paper rewrite.
You may have some questions about the notes--like: "What the heck am I supposed to do?"
See the EXAMPLES AND HELP document below or check in with a student from period three.
 
This rewrite will be worth 4x's the value of the first draft; this grade will go in the paper/test category that is worth 45% of your overall grade.
You will rewrite the paper in class on Thursday.
You must bring the original first draft to class to turn in with the rewrite or I will not accept the rewrite--you could earn a zero.
 
If you lost the notes, see below.
See below for a rubric that details how your rewrite will be graded.

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Practice ACT's:  Saturday, 28 January 2012  7:45-noon
                         Saturday, 18 February 2012 7:45-noon
 
If you take one of these four-hour Practice ACT's, then you are eligible to go on a field trip to visit either UCLA (25 February 2012) or UC Irvine (10 March 2012).
 
This is part of our ABC program, so a student must "do" four hours of seat time, before he/she can go on a field trip.
 
Sign up for the Practice ACT with Ms. Whiting in room 214.
 
The ACT is one of two college entrance examinations that students must take to apply to a four-year college. A student could take either the ACT or the SAT--usually our students do better on the ACT.

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Ipod shuffles need to be returned by Thursday!!!
 
All outstanding SSR book from my library need to be returned....ones that you checked out in Setpember or Ocotber...let's get them in....
 
I will remind you on Tuesday!

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Read at LEAST 30 pages in your SSR--get a good start in your book! Remember, extra books means extra points....
 
Make sure that you have read all of Night.

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Prepare to write an in-class essay.
See the hand-out which you were given in class.
Make sure that you bring your Night book and that you can log onto a school computer.
 
Also: please make sure that you bring your SSR book to class--bring this book is an assignment. I will award points: I need to make sure that everyone has an appropriate book.

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Read Night -- all of it.
Be prepared to write about this text and to discuss it when you return.
 
Oprah did a really wonderful interview with Elie--go to
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Your-Guide-to-Night-and-Elie-Wiesel
to see it.
 
See below for significant passages.

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English 10 honors Final Examination
 
1. one question about a character from All Quiet in the Western Front
2. one question—short answer—in which you will be asked to discuss a metaphor used in All Quiet in the Western Front
3. one essay—long response—single paragraph about All Quiet in the Western Front
4. return All Quiet in the Western Front to me in class so I can return it to the library and check off that you did return it (all stickies removed)
5. check out Night—bring to class the day of the exam
 
Make sure that you can log onto a school computer on the day of the examination.

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I have Night ready to go for your shuffles so that you can listen to Night while you read it!!!
Stop by any time thi sweek to sync your shuffle!!!!!

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The book test for SSR books #3 is Monday, 12 December 2011.
In class you will also receive the essay questions that will appear on the final examination.

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In class on Tuesday, we finished reading All Quiet on the Western Front.
For homework, please complete the chapter 11 notes for All Quiet.
 
The last day to do a book talk for SSR Book #3 is Friday, 9 December 2011 at approx. 3:30.
The book test for SSR Book #3 will be Monday, 12 December 2011.
 
The last day to do a book talk for any extra credit SSR Books is Friday, 16 December 2011 at approx. 3:00p.m.
 
Over the break, you must read Night b y Elie Wiesel. I should have the audiotape ready to go by Monday--stop by and sync up your shuffle (or turn the shuffle in to the library).

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Finish chapter eleven in All Quiet on the Western Front for homework.
Expect a reading quiz on the assigned pages.
 

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Saturday Scholars--starts at 8:00 a.m. sharp.
Attendance will be limited to 40 (there are 71 English 10 honors students), so don't be late. Once the classroom is full--it is full.

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Finish chapter ten in All Quiet on the Western Front for homework.
Expect a reading quiz on the assigned pages.
 
3 December 2011 -- Saturday Scholars--starts at 8:00 a.m. sharp.
SSR Book #3 is due on Monday, 12 December 2011.
Any extra credit books are due Friday, 16 December 2011 by 3:00 p.m.

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Read to the bottom of page 220 in chapter nine of All Quiet on the Western Front for homework.
Expect a reading quiz on the assigned pages.
 
Complete pages the chapter 8 All Quiet Cornell notes.
 
3 December 2011-- Saturday Scholars.
SSR Book #3 is due on Monday, 12 December 2011.
Any extra credit books are due Friday, 16 December 2011 by 3:00 p.m.

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Finish reading chapter seven in All Quiet on the Western Front.
Complete the chapter seven notes part ii on All Quiet.
In class today, we turned in the Cornell notes for chapters six and seven (part ii).
Finish reading your SSR Book #3.
 
3 December 2011-- Saturday Scholars.
SSR Book #3 is due on Monday, 12 December 2011.
Any extra credit books are due Friday, 16 December 2011 by 3:00 p.m.

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Complete page one of the notes from chapter six of All Quiet on the Western Front.
"Do" your assigned question from these same notes--you should know which one you have: hint: it is not question number five.
See below for an electronic copy of the notes.

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Finish reading chapter six in All Quiet on the Western Front for class on Tuesday. Expect a thorough reading quiz--you probably want to annotate the text as you read it. I would also review the Cornell notes handout that you received.

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1. Finish reading chapter five in All Quiet on the Western Front.
2. Finish the chapter five Cornell notes for All Quiet on the Western Front -- ALL of the notes--INCLUDING THE REFLECTION.
The reading quiz on Thursday will be taken DIRECTLY from the notes.
The extra credit on the quiz will be taken from the chapter four notes that we worked on in class on Tuesday.

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1. Make sure that you bring SSR Book #3 to class on Tuesday!!! SSR on Tuesday will be double points.
 
2. Read to the middle of page 91 in All Quiet in the Western Front. You will see that there is a break in the page. Expect a thorough reading quiz on pages 65-91.
 
3. You must "do" the question you have been assigned from the All Quiet in the Western Front notes for chapter four.

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1. SSR Book #2 is due!!! Be ready for a book test if you have not already done a book talk. Bring your book--you can use it as you write the test.
 
2. Read to the bottom of page 64 in All Quiet in the Western Front. Be ready for a quiz.
 
 
I attached images of the WWI battlefield.

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Read chapter three in All Quiet on the Western Front. Be prepared for a quiz.
Your second SSR book is due on Friday, 4 November 2011.
Last day for book talks is Thursday, 3 November 2011.
I have an AP Art History class after school on Thursday, so I cannot do book talks after school on Thursday.

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Finish chapter nine in All Quiet on the Western Front for homework.
Expect a reading quiz on the assigned pages.

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1. Read in your SSR book--finish it please. The last day to do book talks is Thursday, 3 November 2011.
 
2. Finish reading the first chapter of All Quiet on the Western Front for class on Monday.
Expect a reading quiz; make sure that you know all the characters who have been introduced so far.

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Rewrite your paper. Look over the notes from today about how to improve your claims.
If you strengthen your claim, your paper will change. Your paper will change, because your claim has changed; your claim has become more specific. So don't just change the claim and resubmit the paper--you will probably not be satisfied with the grade you receive.
If you have to rewrite, your current grade on this paper is a "F;" that "F" grade will be replaced -- not averaged-- with the new grade.
When you turn your rewrite in--you MUST turn in the draft that you got back today.
I will give you a new rubric to attach. The whole pile will get pretty thick.

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Read in your outside reading book---get it finished and come in for a book talk.
You will have a paper to rewrite on Tuesday night. Make plans accordingly.
The marking period ends next Friday, so next week will probably be very, very busy.

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Take very, very, very, very careful notes about the prompt you received at the end of class Wednesday. Be ready!
See below for an electronic copy of the prompt.
 
 
READ--read, read, read, read in your SSR. This 2nd book is due on 4 November 2011.
 
Emily, Alexis, Lauren, Lillian, Anicia, Nancy, Samuel and Jessica have already done a book talk for SSR Book #2!!!! Nice job!

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I hope you learned a lot in class today from reviewing the model response and breaking the model down into pieces.
You need to think structurally when you assess your final draft. You need to ask yourself: "do I have all the 'parts' I need?"
 
Please rewrite the response that you wrote for class today: remember, your response must begin with a strong, articulate claim. A good claim will answer the question how? or why? A good claim will be very specific. A good claim never has the word "it" in it.
 
These are good claims:
 
“But what if she should die? She won’t die. But what if she should die? She won’t. She’s all right. But what if she should die? She can’t die. But what if she should die? Hey, what about that? What if she should die?” (321).
 
Claim: This passage is significant, because the repetition of the phrase "but what if" signals that Frederic Henry is starting to completely lose control and panic.
 
“Catherine looked at me and smiled. I bent down over the bed and started to cry” (330).
 
Claim: Frederic Henry's bent back signals that Catherine's death will break him. The fact that Frederic begins to cry confirms this fact.
Nota bene: "If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry (249).
 
"There was a woman at the desk who wrote down Catherine’s name, age, address, relatives and religion, in a book. She said she had no religion and the woman drew a line in the space after that word. She gave her name as Catherine Henry” (313).
 
Claim: This passage is significant, because through this seemingly simple hospital registration, Catherine symbolically marries Frederic Henry and proclaims her profound love for him.
 
Nota bene: C.B. loves F.H. the way the priest loves God.
 
See below for an electronic copy of the model response (including the "labeled" version) as well as another copy of the rubric that will be used to assess your paper.

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Write a rich, 300-plus word, formal response in which you explain why the passage you chose (from the eleven significant passages from chapter 41--see notes below) is significant. 
 
This assignment will “go” in the essay/test portion of your grade (45%).
Type or don’t type—I don’t care, but if you don’t type it, your work must be legible. (If typed—DOUBLE SPACE!!!)
Remember: we are practicing--the hardest you work at your writing--the better you will be at writing. (See the complete rubric below.)
 
I also included the typed up notes and models from class that discuss how to write about key words.
 
Remember, in an “A” response:
  • The writer makes a reasonable claim about the significance of the passage.
  • The writer also discusses this claim.
  • The writer provides context for the passage.
  • The writer restates the most important parts of the passage that he uses as direct textual evidence.
  • The writer focuses in on a key word and discusses how that word creates meaning.
  • The writer has carefully edited the piece: there are no spelling mistakes; the writer has not used “you;” the writer doesn’t use “it” and “this” alone instead of being specific; the writer has paid attention to the proper use of punctuation; the writer’s sentences make sense, etc.

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1. Prepare four of the remaining ten passages from the notes from chapter 41 of A Farewell to Arms; take notes about the context, the significance and the key word--take notes as if you were planning to write a formal response.
See below for an electronic copy.
 
2. Read in your SSR book--book #2 is due on 4 November 2011.

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  • Come to class prepared to write a very rich, analytical response to the prompt you received in class. (See below for an electronic copy.)
  • You will be using the school computers to type this draft. Make sure that you can log on.
  • You may only use NOTES to help you write--you may not simply type up a rough draft that you write at home.
Also--study the notes on chapters 33-37 from A Farewell to Arms--yep, that means you will be tested in these notes too....

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Read pages 264 to 285 in A Farewell to Arms. You will read to the end of Book Four.
There will be a reading quiz that will have review questions--maybe even some from the notes that we worked on today in class.
 
Period Three: we will finish #6 and write the summary for the Cornell Notes for chapters 33-37 in A Farewell to Arms in class on Wednesday.
 
Remember, your second SSR book is due 4 November 2011. Keep reading!!!

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1. Read pages 237-263 (chapters 33-35) in A Farewell to Arms.
 
2. Be ready for a quiz!!!
 
3. Keep reading in your new SSR book--the second SSR book is due on 4 November 2011. If you read extra SSR books, then you can earn extra credit!

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1. Make sure that you have read to the end of Book Three in A Farewell to Arms (page 233: end of chapter 32).
 
2. Complete the second page of the notes from chapters 30-32 of
A Farewell to Arms questions 1-9: these are direct, recall questions--they are straightforward. DO NOT "DO" THE SUMMARY yet....
We will work on page one in class together.
 
3. Read in your second SSR book--it is due 4 November 2011.

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1. Make sure you have a new SSR book for class on Tuesday!! Having a new book is worth points!!!
SSR Book #2 is due 4 November 2011.
 
2. The notes on chapters 24-26 of A Farewell to Arms will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, 27 September 2011.
 
3. For class on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 you need to read to the end of chapter 29 in A Farewell to Arms (page 208). Be ready for a reading quiz at the very beginning of class.
 
4. For class on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 complete the notes for chapters 27-29 in A Farewell to Arms.

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1. Read to the end of chapter 26 in A Farewell to Arms (page 180). Be ready for a reading quiz at the very beginning of class.
 
2. If you have not yet done a book talk--by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, 22 September 2011--you will take a book test during class on Friday, 23 September 2011.
You may use your SSR book while you take the test--so bring your book!!!!
 
3. The notes on chapters 24-26 of A Farewell to Arms will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, 27 September 2011.
 
4. For class on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 you need to read to the end of chapter 29 in A Farewell to Arms (page 208). Be ready for a reading quiz at the very beginning of class.
 
5. For class on Tuesday, 27 September 2011 complete the notes for chapters 27-29  in A Farewell to Arms.

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1. SSR Book #1 is due on 23 September 2011. Last "moment" to do a book talk is 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, 22 September 2011.
 
2. For Wednesday, read pages 127-145 in A Farewell to Arms (chapters 20-22).
 
See below for the notes that were passed out in class.

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1. Read chapters 16-18 in A Farewell to Arms (pages 101-116)
2. Finish the notes for chapters 11-14 of A Farewell to Arms -- all the questions and the summary. (See below.)
3. We will have a Socratic Seminar on chapters 16-18 in A Farewell to Arms on Monday.
4. Your first SSR book is due on 23 September 2011--next Friday! Last chance to do a book talk is Thursday afterschool--the cut off time is 4:00 p.m.
 

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1. Read to the end of Book One in A Farewell to Arms (end of chapter 12, bottom of page 78).
2. Be prepared for a reading quiz on chapters 9 through 12--check out the questions on the notes for a preview.
The quiz is worth 40 points and there are also 40 points of extra credit on the quiz. Read carefully!
3. You do not have to "do" the notes I passed out on chapters 9-10
in A Farewell to Arms --we will do them in class together on Thursday.
4. Your first SSR book is due on 23 September 2011.

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1. Finish the back of the notes for chapters 3,4,5, and 6 of A Farewell to Arms.
We will "do" the vocabulary terms on the front togethe rin class on Friday--don't worry about them--you need to know them so you will "see" things in your head instead of just reading weird military words.
2. Read to the bottom of page 45 (end of chapter eight) in A Farewell to Arms.
Yes, there will be a reading quiz!
3. Read in your SSR book--it is due 23 September 2011.

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1. Read in your SSR book: your first SSR book is due 23 September 2011.
2. Read chapters 1-4 in A Farewell to Arms. You will read to the bottom of page 21.
Expect a reading quiz on these chapters first thing in class on Wednedsay--before SSR.
If you are one of the students who will be missing class because of the Marching Band Field Trip, you must come to tutorial on Thursday to take the reading quiz or you will get a zero.

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One (1) typed, properly formatted response is due at the beginning of class.
Remember, you already wrote two--two responses that were rough drafts. Choose the best one and make it even better. You will turn in all the drafts and the rubric at the beginning of class.
I will grade the typed final draft using the rubric that you already received.
If you need to see any of these materials again, take a look at the files from last class...

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Take a look at the handout that describes the homework assignment (see below if you lost it).
You will write two separate responses: one in response to each of the two stories. Refer to the notes that you took during Socratic Seminar on these two stories by Hemingway.
 
I have also posted the notes from the models that were written in class; each class saw a different model written. Yu might want to take a look at both.

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Read at least 30 pages in your SSR book--you should be past page 100 by Monday!!!!!!!!!!

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Read at least 30 pages in your SSR book--the first book is due on 23 September 2011.
 
If you did not participate in Socratic Seminar in class on Tuesday, make sure you review "A Clean Well-LIghted Place" so that you can do a great job on Thursday.

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Read and annotate "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway and "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway.
Be prepared for a Socratic Seminar using one of these texts.

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Write the response to your summer reading book--you took lots of notes in class, so hopefully, you are ready to write a good response.
 
If you did not do the summer reading, rememebr, you need to read an extra book this semester to make up for the mssing points--so get reading!