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Seniors
Your assignment for Friday is to type a list of at least fifteen questions for your interview. As we have discussed in class, your interview needs to be conducted some time in the next week. If you don't have any ideas yet about someone to interview, then please let me know now, so I can help you.

Avoid "yes or no" questions, as well as any questions that are too personal - i.e. how much money they make. Although you will turn in your list tomorrow, you should have it saved so that you can use it for your interview, either in person or via phone or email. Please put an MLA header on the paper you turn in.

Sophomores
Re-read "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" and answer the questions #1-5 on 53, including the "comprehension check." Note especially any details you noticed on the second reading - sensory images and clues about the characters and their relationships and experience, for example.

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