For Tuesday and Wednesday

Homework: We went over your thesis statements and then you began your analytic essay organizer.

***You MUST finish it for homework.
**Bring your books to class!

Monday - B block

For Monday (B period)

1. Write a thesis statement based on your Characterization Worksheet and questions that we went over in class.

Wednesday 11/28 and Thursday 11/29

Today we continue to work on characterization, focusing on a character of our choosing from the short stories we have read. We went through the characterization analytical essay assignment and went about going through our notes and thoughts. (These notes and assignment are found on the right-hand column.) I also handed you an extension essay outline that will help with your organization and thoroughness of your essay. You MUST fill it out - no exceptions.

Homework: Complete the extensive essay organizer for your character.

For Wednesday and Thursday

1) Read "Yellow Woman"
2) outline the elements of literature for "Yellow Woman"
3) Fill in the character sheet for one of the following characters (Jackson Jackson, Mad Dog, or Yellow Woman"

For Friday 11/16 and Monday 11/26

Please check out the CHARACTERIZATION notes we discussed in class.

To your right, under "Important Documents," you will find the Character Inference worksheets and the True Colors Personality test.

Homework:
A) Read “Yellow Woman” (page 427)
B) Complete the Inferring Character handouts (on the right hand column of this blog).
     - this means I want you to read each page and the examples for that particular inference cue. Next to the sample character paragraphs, jot down a couple of characteristics you inferred about each character.

for Wednesday and Thursday

1) Read "I'm a Mad Dog biting myself for Sympathy."

2) In your journals, tell about a time where events just went horribly wrong and no matter what you do, you just kept digging yourself a deeper and bigger hole.

3) Finish the following statements in your journal:
       a) I don't understand......
       b) In reading the story, I didn't like ....
       c) I think the main character is like a "mad dog" because....

sorry...late posting...

For Friday and Tuesday,
1) Read Sherman Alexie's "What you Pawn, I will Redeem" on page 8 in your new reader
2) Create an extended metaphor about the main character, Jackson Jackson.

Dead Poet's society ending

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