Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Week 22, Day 3
Objective: Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.  Using technology as a tool for classroom discussion. 

1. Bell Work: What have you gotten out of the Perfect School Project, so far?  Be specific.  
2. If you did not finish your SAT Quiz from Monday, you need to finish it TODAY.  Otherwise, I will go ahead and grade it.  This means you'll have to finish the work from class DURING YOUR OWN TIME.    
3. On your own, read "Author In Depth: Mark Twain" and take notes in your author information document (Did my Honors class make one of these at the beginning of the year?!?!  I can't remember!  Dang, old age! Anyways, if not, take notes on Mark Twain in a Google Doc.)
4. Read on your own:
1. from "Life on the Mississippi: The Boys' Ambition" by Mark Twain (p. 570-574)
2. from "How to Tell a Story: An Essay by Mark Twain" (p. 575)
3. "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain (p. 576)
5. Vocabulary and Literary Terms (p. 569
1. Lit. Terms
1. Humor
2. Rhetorical Techniques
3. Incongruity
4. Overstatement
2. Vocabulary
1. Transient
2. Prodigious
3. Eminence
4. Garrulous
5. Conjectured
6. Monotonous
7. Interminable
6. Reminders:
1. Be good for the Mr. Galvan!  Remember, any names left will result in a write-up.
2. No school Friday and no school Monday!!!
3. W22 DRE will be due on Tuesday.