Writing 110 -  reminder to complete your "idea-details" chart x 3. Eng 112 - Complete questions 1-11 on your sheet on "The Black Cat" using evidence from the text (see yesterday's post for the story. Here is the question sheet:    ) Eng 111 - finish reading Act 1, scene 4. Form a hypothesis on what the "Queen Mab" speech is about and apply it to Mercutio's character. (how does this rant change how we may view him?) 

Eng 112 - Complete the "Responding" section of your question sheet (see Friday's post for the attachment). A full paragraph using evidence from the text for each of the three questions. Pick one of the five writing activities on the sheet and offer a full page of creative genius. These are to pass in tomorrow. Eng 111 -  using a unique graphic organizer, compare both Capulet and Paris' views on marriage from Act 1, scene 2. (What is a "unique graphic organizer", you ask? A fancied up chart, venn diagram, idea web or similar platform for organizing comparable pieces of information!)

Writing 110 - Reminder that your "Name" piece due date is looming. The final copy is due (with drafts, pre-writing and rubric) on Monday. Eng 112 - Finish your questions on the Edgar Allen Poe biography we studied in class today. Eng 111 - Read Act 1, scene 1 of "Romeo and Juliet. Questions and responding will be assigned tomorrow in class.

Eng 112 - Read the story " The Moose and the Sparrow" and complete the question sheet provided. THIS IS TO BE PASSED IN TOMORROW. For question number 1, be sure to answer this in the form of a fully developed plot diagram. the_moose_and_the_sparrow.docx the_moose_and_the_sparrow_questions.doc Eng 111 - See yesterday's post. Revise your "Bloom's questions" for Gregory Clark's "The Bully" and be prepared to go through them tomorrow. There is a copy of the story (ignore the questions) and a copy of Bloom's taxonomy.blooms_taxonomy_questions.docx the_bully_short_story_and_questions.doc

Writing 110 - your objective is to write a one page minimum (single spaced) response to one of the following. This is to pass in on Monday.Please choose one:  - Twenty, fifty, or one hundred years from now how do you think the events of September 11th, 2001 will be understood as part of the larger context of United States history? What about world history? In your opinion, what other events had a similar impact on U.S. or world history?  - How would you explain 9/11 today to someone who was born on September 12, 2001?  - Sally Regenhard laments “the four words no mother should ever hear” when she asks about her son: “I want to know where my son is,” she says. The official responds “He is unaccounted for.” She then reflects “That is something that happens in a war…”How would you react to being told that someone you loved was “unaccounted for”? Why might it matter to a person’s relatives that the person’s body be accounted for?   Eng 112 - Today in class we reviewed our notes on the short story. Class was assigned one of Aesop's short fables to read and transfer onto a plotline. Follow the example given today, this is to pass in on Monday. Review and re-read your notes on the short story, you will be tested!   Eng 111 - Today we completed and compiled our notes on Shakespeare and the drama of his age and you were assigned the song "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones. You are to go through the lyrics and identify the various types of allusion found within. See what you know on your own and use reputable sources before you consult Wikipedia ;)

Eng. 111 - Short story unit project proposal is due tomorrow. Eng. 112 - Today we moved onto the "Social Commentary" category of poetry. We looked at the WWI piece "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen. Tomorrow we will look at its structure, formatting and move onto other anti-war examples.