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Sophomores

Updated Schedule: The talent show has thrown off our schedule a bit, so your MAUS exam is Wednesday.  Thursday is the awards ceremony, followed by the banquet. We will resume on Friday with an introduction to your next book: Fahrenheit 451 . Please purchase the book by Monday, May 6th.  

MAUS

We are in the middle of  MAUS , and here are the next few days: Thursday - Read through Ch 4, turn in homework for Ch 3 & 4, take a QUIZ Friday - Read Ch 5 & 6 over the weekend Monday - Discuss the end of the book and review Tuesday - EXAM LINK to the documentary we viewed in class.

Senior End-of-Year Schedule!

Seniors, the end is near, and there are a few assignments left to schedule. Here is a list of everything due in the next two weeks: Career Update - a one-page addendum to your research paper, updating your plans for college and beyond. Be sure to include what you originally planned and if that's changed. Whether plans have changed or not, please explain why and what steps you've taken towards reaching your goal -- i.e. where you've decided to attend and what major you've declared. This is due WEDNESDAY 4/24. Letter to Future Self - this is an OPTIONAL assignment, but I encourage you to take it seriously. As discussed in class, this letter will be sent to you in about five years. Think about what you'd like to tell yourself five years from now. For example, maybe it would be interesting to reflect on your plans at the time, what values you held dear, what you wanted to remember. In addition, you might think about your current likes/dislikes related to pop cultur

Friday Work

As you know, I will be traveling to the state tournament in Jackson with the quiz bowl team tomorrow, so you will have a sub. Here's what will be happening: Sophomores will be taking a quiz on Frost and Hemingway. Afterwards, please read the handout from Scott McCloud's  Understanding Comics . Bring your copy of MAUS on Monday. Seniors will be writing the last in-class essay of the year! Bring your prompt and optional pre-written introduction and/or outline. No completed drafts allowed. See you Monday.

Sophomores

We will be reading poems by Frost and stories by Hemingway this week. You should have MAUS (Speigelman) on order; of not, there are copies available at Books-A-Million.

Homework

Seniors You will write an in-class synthesis essay tomorrow. On Friday, we have a guest speaker who will talk about post-graduation plans and resumes. Sophomores Tonight read "How It Feels To Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston. We will have a quiz Friday on the Harlem Renaissance.