Homework for 10/25 and 10/29

You can look at this as either your last homework assignment of the first nine weeks or your first homework assignment of the second nine weeks.  Either way, as long as you get your tasks completed, we'll all start off on the right note.

Freshman Focus

Next class we will be returning to the computer lab to continue constructing our career pamphlets.  I think that most of you will probably finish during this time.  I would also like to remind you that we will be doing the opening statements of our debate.  I think that the groups have clarified what they are trying to argue; I would remind you that this is a team effort.  Make sure that you are being an active participant.

AP English III

This weekend/Monday you've got a few things to take care of for me.  First, I'd like for you to read chapter eight of The Great Gatsby.  As we're now moving to the conclusion of the novel, I would remind you that you want to start seeing how Fitzgerald is tying up his loose ends and creating a message on these different topics and motifs.  Continue to annotate heavily and update your covers and vocabulary bookmarks.

Additionally, I would like for you to read Virginia Woolf's "The Death of the Moth" - this piece is available in 50 Essays or also at this link.  Be sure to annotate this piece and feel free to use it to stock your vocabulary bookmarks.  After you read this piece, take another look at the description of Myrtle's death scene.  There are some interesting parallels.

Lastly, I gave you your skit assignment today - think about what you'd like to do and who you'd like to work with; don't worry about making any progress on these assignments yet -- we'll start on that Tuesday/Wednesday of next week.

English IV

This weekend I'd like for you to read chapters seven and eight of 1984.  Continue to watch Julia, Winston, and O'Brien as they start to form different relationships and push the ideas in the text further.  We will soon start wrapping up this book.  Be sure to be prepared for any pop reading quizzes!