Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Senior English ELA

Your final blog entries for Candide should be organized:

Chapters 19-24

Chapters 25-28

Chapters 28-30

I will check them Friday.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Senior English ELA

This week you should:

- rehearse your scenes for presentation Wednesday
- complete final satire project by next Tuesday

Return any owed books to myself or the EVL.

Pre AP 10th Grade ELA

This week you should:

- rehearse your scenes with costumes
- read Act I and II of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov and write one blog entry for each scene
- write one blog entry that encompasses your final reaction to the play
- complete film analyis begun in class

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Creative Writing

Today we'll be focusiing on contests and literary magazines:

http://www.newpages.com/magazineguide/newmags/newmags.htm

Try to find as many free and applicable possible submissions.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Pre AP 10th Grade ELA

This week you must

- Rehearse your scenes.
- Complete your short story for next Wednesday.

Ap Language and Composition

Here you can find a list of words to describe tone
http://courseweb.hopkins.k12.mn.us/file.php/593/Unit_1/tonewords.pdf


Read this op-ed from the NYT and describe what sort of tone the article is written with three examples from the text
http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/liar-liar-pants-aflame/index.html?ref=opinion

Senior English Assignments 5.6.08-5.10.08

Tuesday
Read Chapter 6-9 of Candide and write one blog entry.

Wednesday
Read Chapter 10-13 of Candide and write one blog entry.

Thursday
Rehearse your scene of Hamlet.

Friday
Read Chapters 14-18 of Candide and write one blog entry.

Final Project due May 22nd.