11AP: Today in class we did Memory Anthology 2.
Homework: Do the multiple choice on “Sun City.”
9th Honors: Today in class we did Memory Anthology 2.
Homework: Complete your list of something praiseworthy. Due on Thursday.
Question of the Day: What does a speaker of many languages have in common with a lie detector?
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11AP: Today we discussed “Politics and the English Language” and we handed-in our notes and terms.
Homework: Read in Textbook pages 592-594 and do Exercise 1. Prep. for Memory Anthology 2 on Wednesday.
9th Honors: Today we handed-in Pearl Chapter 4. We started working on a list of five reasons you thing that something is praiseworthy for [...]
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11AP: Today we discussed “Politics and the English Language.”
Homework: Look at “Politics” again and define and give an example of each of the following terms: Dead metaphor, imagery, passive voice, pretentious diction, parody, idiom, mixed metaphor, euphemism, dialect, abstract vs. concrete language, Saxon vs. Latinate words, figure of speech. Prep. for Memory Anthology on Wed.
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11AP: Today we handed-in I.R. Report 2 and did Vocab Quiz 2.
Homework: Read “Politics and the English Language” pages 529-539 and take one page of notes on key points.
9th Honors: Today we handed-in I.R. Report 2 and did Vocab Quiz 2.
Homework: Read and do a chapter report on Pearl Chapter 3. Also, begin planning for next week’s [...]
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11AP: Study for Vocab. Quiz 2 and complete I.R. Report 2 on Scarlet Letter chapters 6-9.
For Monday: Read “Politics and the English Language” pages 529-539 and take one page of notes on key points.
9th Honors: Today we handed-in the chapter report on Pearl Chapter 2.
Homework: Study for Vocabulary Quiz and complete I.R. Report 2.
Question of [...]
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11AP: Today we handed-in our essays and speeches.
Homework: Read “The Liberal Arts in an Age of Info-Glut” pages 155-157 in the textbook. Write out answers to questions 1, 4, and 5.
9th Honors: Today we handed-in our essays and speeches.
Homework: Read Pearl Chapter 2 and do a chapter report on it.
Question of the Day: What does [...]
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11AP: Today in class we went over Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. We also got the vocabulary for this week.
Homework: Complete essay/speech for tomorrow.
9th Honors: Today in class we discussed Chapter 1 of The Pearl. We also went over the definitions for this week’s words.
Homework: Complete essay/speech for tomorrow.
Question of the Day: What does a rich person [...]
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11AP: We handed-in Indep. Reading Report 1 on Scarlet Letter chapters 1-5.
Today we were issued our textbook: The Language of Composition. Bring it to class everyday. We went over the drafts of our essays/speeches.
Essays and Speeches will be due on Wednesday: Last names A-M do an Essay, Last Names N-Z do a Speech.
Homework: Do worksheet [...]
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11AP: Work on I.R. Report 1 on Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-5. Also, complete rough draft of essay. Both due on Monday.
9th Honors: Complete rough draft of essay for Monday.
Question of the Day: What does a curse have in common with a blessing?
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11AP: Today in class we went over what a Synthesis Question is. I.R. Report 1 on Scarlet Letter Chapters 1-5 will be due on Monday.
We also talked about the What? Why? and How? of planning and writing an essay. Complete 4-5 paragraph draft due on Monday.
Homework: Study for Vocab. Quiz 1 and work on essay [...]
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