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Seniors
This week, you are revising the "This I Believe" synthesis from August. Make sure you keep the original file by copying into a new document named "lastname-believe2" and sharing that with me. You will have time to revise in class, and the final revisions are due by the end of classes on Thursday. Revisions should be 600-750 words.

For homework Friday, please PRINT or write a short (150-200 words) narrative explaining your revisions. Don't forget the 2nd vocabulary quiz on Thursday (euphemism - oxymoron). And on Friday, you will all write your own "This I Believe" essays.

Sophomores
Answer the questions on p256: comprehension check, #2-6. Quiz FRIDAY on "Book of Margery Kempe," medieval theater, and ballads.

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