AP English III
Over the weekend for homework we have two assignments to work through. The first is your reading in Beloved of Chapter Nine. This is an important chapter which will bring up many ghosts for Sethe from the past. Pay attention to these elements. Understand why they're appearing and what importance they may have. Continue to develop your annotations and reading to keep track of this complex novel.
Additionally, we have a writing assignment in which you'll be synthesizing the ideas of no more than four authors from our unit so far. In this assignment you're focused on explaining a common idea between the authors. Does the idea tend to keep the same meaning/importance or does it change? Why does it stay the same or change? Remember that you'll present a thesis, body paragraph which explains the connections between the various authors, and then a conclusion which restates your thesis and reviews your main points. This assignment is due on Monday.
I'll be focused on the ways in which you are explaining and relating your examples. Your thesis will likely be clunky, that's okay. Synthesis writing is complex and will really be our goal for the next quarter. This writing will also help you as you are thinking about your final project for Beloved. If these issues have been around for these earlier authors, I'm sure that they're probably still lingering today.
English IV
Today in class the main goal was to finish our projects. Some of you were able to get this done today and I think some of us will need a bit more time. I'll be checking in with your projects shared to me on Sunday, so please try to finish them by then if you can.
Remember that you'll have a test next week on Friday on A Doll's House. The test will focus on Act III, but there will some overall questions too - especially related to the characters. That is why you should have your folders with you to study and review all that we've done in this unit so far.
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