A Look Ahead: November 5-9, 2012

First Class Period of the Week
(Monday for Periods 1, 2, 5, & 6 and Tuesday for Period 7)

Quiz: Rudolfo Anaya's "A Celebration of Grandfathers"

Review Comma Test

The class will examine "A Celebration of Grandfathers" for its diction, comma use, paragraph construction (concrete details & commentary), use of anecdotes, and tone (attitude of writer toward the topic).

Homework: Read Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Washwoman."


Second Class Period of the Week
(Tuesday for Periods 2, 5, & 6 and Wednesday for Periods 1 & 7)

Quiz: Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Washwoman"

Peer edit film essay.

Mr. Stone has the revised drafts form most of the students in Periods 2, 4, 5, 6, & 7. He will redistribute those to students at the beginning of class. Students in Period 1 or students who did not submit their revised draft when it was previously due should bring the revised draft of their film analysis essay to class.

Homework: Revise film analysis essay.

Third Class Period of the Week
(Wednesday for Periods 5 & 6 and Thursday for Periods 1, 2, & 7)

Final draft of film analysis essay due.

In class, student will read Lorraine Hansberry's "On Summer" and discuss "On Summer" and "The Washwoman as time allows.

Fourth Class Period of the Week
(Thursday for Periods 5 & 6 and Friday for Periods 1, 2, & 7)

All students will have a retest of comma skills.

If a student scores higher on this test than on the previous test, then his/her previous test score will be replaced with the higher test score. If a student scores lower on this test than on the previous test, then his/her previous test score will remain the same.

The class will continue to discuss the three essays they have read this week if further discussion is needed.

Homework: Read Alex Chadwick "Earhart Redux" (Radio Program Transcript) and Steve Gietschier's "In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle" (Book Review).

More details for the week ahead will come later.