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English II
Read the selections from Gulliver's Travels and answer the following for Tuesday:
  • #1-5 on 599
  • cc and #2-7
Read "A Modest Proposal" for Wednesday and answer the questions on 620 for homework (cc and #2-7). Please consider the Rhetorical Triangle as you read.

For Thursday, read from A Dictionary of the English Language and answer the following (in the handout): #1-7.

English IV
Should be finished reading Little Brother by the middle of the week. Your exam will be on Thursday, with work on Tech Presentations in class Friday and Monday.

Your proposals for topics are due at the beginning of class Thursday. Tell me briefly in a MEMO what topic you'd like to explore. Topics should come from your reading, our discussions, and your interests. A good place to start might be the bibliographies of Little Brother and Homeland.

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