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Poem of the Week TPFASTT page
Reading Log
Book Report Directions

Parent/Teacher Conference Week...

This week, we read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. 
We discussed verbal irony, dramatic irony and situational irony.
We also completed this study guide and did this CSI activity.

As you are probably aware, midterm is this next Friday, September 20. Students have just completed their midterm exam in my class which consisted of literary terms and an essay. The second half of the term will cover the rhetorical triangle and two new genre and a follow-up final term essay.

The homework this weekend is an article of the week (LINK HERE). Students should discuss this article with adults around them. They may also consider watching the speech the President gave to Congress or reading additional articles (as you choose) to form their own opinions. A 1 page paper, 400-500 words, is expected. See directions on the assignment.

For other concerns, Parent/Teacher Conference is Tu/Wed September 24 or 25, or you may send me an email if you can't make it to Parent/Teacher Conference.

Your Weekend Homework

Read "Article of the Week," mark it, discuss it, write about it.
DUE Monday (a) or Tuesday (b).

Things you may not know

1. There will be a TEST on the vocabulary from "There Will Come Soft Rain" and the post-apocalyptic/dystopian notes we took in class. It will be Thursday for A day classes and Friday for B day classes.

2. Students will also be asked to write a 5 paragraph essay. We have discussed the essay format (today in class) and it will look like 

3. Students are expected to read 20 minutes every day in class. They will have an assignment with that reading. EVERY STUDENT NEEDS a BOOK EVERY DAY!!

4. MIDTERM is NEXT WEEK (Friday, September 20)
5. Parent Teacher Conference is September 24th & 25th

Late Work

I have recorded late work that was in the correct file and had a name on it. Skyward was spotty all weekend, and I hope I can get in the extra credit for flex tomorrow (when I expect Skyward to be better).

What happens in Week 4?

See the A/B calendar here.

You will have an Article of the Week. You should receive it on Monday (B) or Tuesday (A).
You will NEED A BOOK to read each day this week for Individual Silent Sustained Reading.
You will need to TURN IN your COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE for "There Will Come Soft Rains."

Flex Time this week:
Tu  "Catalyst" by Linkin Park
W   "Mr Roboto" by Styx
Th  Make-up assignments:
         Remember that after 1 week, things are 50% credit only.
F    Article of the Week

Friday (& Monday) Silent Sustained Reading

• Today we had "inner voice" discussion "What happens to you when you read?" 

We folded a sheet of paper into 4 and created something that looks like this.

Then we read for 20 minutes, stopping, and asking questions like this.

• Then we graded the study guide for "There Will Come Soft Rains." Link HERE
• DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT HERE if you need to download a copy.

All In-class Writing Assigned (with links)

Day 1: Steve Jobs (link) 
                  How  to address an envelope (link)
Day 2: Anais  Nin/C.S. Lewis (link)
Day 3: Carl Sagan (link)

There Will Come Soft Rains

• You should have received the full text in class. HERE is a link.
• HERE is Leonard Nemoy reading it.
• You should have a study guide. HERE is the pdf.  HERE is the Word doc.
• We covered the poem by Sara Teasdale of the same title available HERE.
• We discussed it using the AP model TP-FASTT

You should have received the Poem of the Week. HERE is the link called "The Children's Hour" by Henry W. Longfellow.