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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

This Week...

"Regular" sophomore English will
  • Finish "There Will Come Soft Rains" as an assignment, grade it, and turn it in.
  • Write about their outside reading book in class.
  • Read "Grover Dill & the Tasmanian Devil"
  • and review these grammatical concepts: 
    1. Independent Clause (IC)
    2. Dependent Clause (DC) -- fragments, run-ons
    3. Semi-colons
    4. FANBOYS
    5. Compound sentences
Honors English 10 will
  • Discover the Schaffer Model (chunking)
  • Explore binary opposition & chiaroscuro
  • Review the same grammatical constructs as above
  • Portfolio check
Flex this week:
  • Oreos & independent clauses (FANBOYS)
  • Post-apocalyptic literature discussion