Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/27 (Wed)

Daily Agenda 
1. Classical Roots Exercise #3C
2. Analyzing Political/Social Issue Cartoons C-Notes (Pick-up handout in class.)
3. Cartoon Evaluation with Partner (Pick-up assignment in class.)

Homework
1. Write a two-chunk paragraph answering this question: What is the message of your cartoon, and how does the author communicate that idea?
2. Upload and print your paragraph for Friday.

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/25 (Mon)

Daily Agenda
1. Collected Mice Irony/Ambiguity Essays
2. Classical Roots - Exercise #3B Review
3. Review "Mice That Set Elephants Free" Quiz Scores / Write Reflections
4. Complete Tiger Paragraph Corrections

Homework
1. Read Don Quixote excerpt from textbook, pgs. 1007 - 1014.  Answer Q's #1-6, pg. 1014.

Daily Agenda & Homework - 1/21 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. Classical Roots Exercise #3A
2. Language Workshop: Appositive C-Notes/Writing Appositive Phrases

Homework
Revise Mice Irony/Ambiguity essay for style elements (appositive phrases, colon, and semicolon);  then attach a Works Cited page, and format, print, and upload the final draft.   

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/19 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Literature Competency #1 (Reading Quiz on fables)
2. Begin Classical Roots Lesson #3 Word Maps Lesson Words/Exercises   Word Map Instructions
3. Writing Workshop: Edit Mice Irony/Ambiguity Essay    Editing Sheet

Homework
1. Finish Word Maps
2. Upload Essay Revision #2 to turnitin.com.

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/13 (Wed)

Daily Agenda
1. Semicolon/Colon Quiz
2. Writing Workshop: Integrating Quotes Using Quotations Guidelines
3. Computer Lab Time - Revise Mice Irony/Ambiguity essays to improve use of context, quotations, and punctuation.

Homework
1. Read and annotate "The Brahman, The Thief, and The Ghost" - Highlight three passages that illustrate the literary devices of irony (verbal, dramatic, or situational) or ambiguity (contradiction, subtlety, or incongruity).  Then, explain the literary device and how it impacts the text (our understanding of characters, the plot, or the themes). 

2. Review and Study the definitions of the literary devices indicated above for Tuesday's Literature Competency/Test. 

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/11 (Mon)

Agenda
1. Type Mice Irony & Ambiguity Essay
2. Upload draft to turnitin.com.
3. Print copy. Staple drafts/outline below.  Attach the assignment sheet at the bottom.
Irony & Ambiguity Essay Assignment Sheet

Homework
1. Review for Semicolons/Colons Test - Complete Review Exercise B, pg. 283.  Then, correct Review Exercises A and B, pgs. 284-285, using the Answer Key

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/7 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
In-class Essay: Write an essay based on the outline you prepared answering his question: How does ambiguity and irony impact our understanding of character, plot, and theme in "The Mice That Set Elephants Free"?

Homework 
Colon/Semicolon Review A Exercise, Colon Exercise Packet, pg. 284

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/5 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Review Semicolon B, pg. 278 exercise
2. Finish Fable Critical Reading Chart

Homework
1. Mice & Elephant Outline - Write an outline for a literary response to this question: How does ambiguity and irony impact our understanding of the fable, "The Mice That Set Elephants Free"?  Follow the outline format using the model under the Writing Resources link to the left of this blog.

Daily Agenda & Homework - 2/1 (Fri)

Daily Agenda

1. Semicolon Practice Exercise, pg. 277 Exercise
2. "The Mice That Set Elephants Free" Tree Map Tree Map Activity
3. Fable Critical Reading Chart Chart Assignment

Homework

1. Colon Exercise, page 282