For Wednesday

English 12
First draft of your spoken word poem is due tomorrow. Please have it read to share with a partner.
We will  present these poems next week when I am back.

English 10
Brainstorm ideas for a prequel or sequel to "Harrison Bergeron". We will be drafting a story tomorrow in class. Second version will be due on Thursday.

English 8
Please have your writing pieces for All Summer in a Day ready for Thursday. We will staple all of the parts together in class.
We are going to continue working on learning about Graphic Stories tomorrow in class.

For Tuesday

English 8
Draft is due for your All Summer in a Day assignment. Good copy will be due on Thursday.

English 12
Thematic focus and idea drafting for your spoken word poem. Remember that you are trying to tell a story.

English 10
Overdue "Choices" assignments are now due.  Finish reading Harrison Bergeron tonight. You do not need to do any questions.

for Friday

Silent reading tomorrow

English 8
Finish brainstorming for your "All Summer" story
You will need to bring your first draft to class on Monday.

English 12
We will be writing an in class essay tomorrow

English 10
Creative Writing assignment is due on Monday. It should be typed and ready to hand in on Monday

For Tuesday

English 10
Please finish the pre-writing sheet for the Choices assignment. We are going to work on writing our stories tomorrow.

English 8 and 12
There is no homework this evening. Lucky you.
English 8: we will continue with All Summer in a Day
English 12: we will review the imagery in the poem: Letter to Father/we will be doing an oral reading of the poem in class tomorrow.

For Monday

Silent Reading on Monday for all classes.

English 8
No homework. We will continue to work on our story.

English 10
We are going to write a dialogue/story that involves Peggy and Ken five years after the accident. Over the weekend, work on making notes about what they have been doing in the interim. Was Peggy seriously injured, did Ken have problems....think about the possibilities. You don't have to write anything more than that.

English 12
Read: Letter to Father. Find images in the text. Use a pencil to mark to book. Note the image, the sense that it appeals to and then note the message/feeling of the image. We will be working on presenting this poem on Monday.

For Friday

Silent Reading tomorrow

English 10
Finish the questions for Choices. Add the question: should Ken have been given more dialogue at the end? How does the dialogue complement the storyline?

English 8 and 12
No homework

for Thursday

English 12
No homework tonight. Please make sure that you hand in your writing assignments tomorrow if you did not do so today.

English 8
Good copy of your writing piece is due tomorrow. Please bring your draft with your good copy.

English 10
Good copy of your extended metaphor. Please bring your draft copies with your good copy.