Homework for All Classes - 3/19 and 3/20

We're so close to Spring Break I can just feel the mountain air on my face!  Here's what you need to accomplish to prepare for Thursday/Friday.

AP English IV

Your first priority right now is to complete your next round of vocabulary cards for Acts III and IV of Twelfth Night.  Remember to take your notes from your first round and improve for the second round.  Pay particular attention to the etymology and the synonyms portion of the assignment as this is where a lot of people lost points last time.

In addition, please begin revising your paper portfolios and beginning your planning or drafting.  You will not have drafts of the assignment due until we return from break - but I will expect you to be drafting and writing over break.  Don't worry about the criticism review, we'll look at that next class together as we start Act V.

AP English III

You have two major priorities for tonight.  First you need to read through chapters seven, eight, and nine of Invisible Man.  With chapter seven, focus on the Vet and his advice to the Invisible Man.  With chapter eight, look at the turning point in his life and the depiction of the city.  Lastly, with chapter nine, notice how the Invisible Man is trying to move forward but still getting stuck in the past.

Also, you need to begin putting together your outlines from your research proposals.  Remember that A-day students will need to e-mail this assignment to me using my school e-mail address, on Monday or turn in a hard copy to me on Tuesday.  I'll not be here Monday, but the due date still stands.  B-day students will turn in a hard copy on Tuesday.  I will get these back to you on Wednesday/Thursday so that you can begin drafting over break.  When we get back we will register for writing conferences to review your rough drafts.  Conferences will run from the 10th to the 19th of April with final drafts of the research paper being collected on the 24th (A-day) or 25th (B-day).  Remember the trick about outlining, leave it all on the paper - the more you put in to your outline, the easier your paper will be to write.  Please see me if you have any questions especially in developing your subtopics.

English IV

You all have no homework tonight - if you need to finish anything from workshop time today in class, get that turned in to me at the beginning of class on Thursday.  Next week we will move through Acts IV and V very quickly to resolve some of the complications that we've seen.

SENIORS - Don't forget that tomorrow during B2 you will be with me in the gym for our in-school field trip.  I hope that you all enjoy As You Like It.