Homework due for Monday Oct. 17

Seniors Read "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, pg. 304-313

Juniors Read all of Book 22 of The Iliad

10/5 Homework

Seniors (4th Period)--Write in your journal response to presentation on American Dream, journals to be collected.

Juniors (Read for Friday) "From the Iliad Book 1" pages 229-244

Seniors (2nd and 3rd Period For Thursday)--Read Act I "The Crucible" (stage directions) 1100-1102

9/27

Seniors:     Write the introductory paragraph to your "Rip Van Winkle" paper. Make sure that your introduction introduces your thesis and your plan for the body paragraphs.

Homework for 9/23

Juniors Read your assigned Hero story, either "Theseus" or "Osiris and Isis"

Homework for weekend 9/23

Seniors - for Monday read "Rip Van Winkle," while reading (1) highlight any description of Dame Van Winkle and her relationship with Rip; and (2) look for things that are different after Rip comes back.

Homework for Wednesday 9/22

Juniors finish reading "The Epic of Gilgamesh" remember to fill in your comparison chart.

Seniors Finish MidUnit Quiz

Homework for 9/15

Seniors (2-3) Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

Seniors (4) Read Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention

Juniors Read "How the World Was Made" pg 11

Homework for 9/14

Seniors (2,3) -- Read Patrick Henry's "Address to the Virginia Congress" There will be a quiz asking you to compare it to the Declaration of Independence

City on a Hill (supplemental reading)

Here is a link to this document:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/winthrop.htm

9/13 Assignments

Juniors -- Write in Journal 5 metaphors for love, (Love is a sunrise) and then explain in note form each of your 5 metaphors.

Seniors -- Read "The Declaration of Independence" (141-148). Quiz will be two questions; one of which will ask you to paraphrase (write in your own words) the openning paragraph that begins, "When in the course of human events. . ."

First Day of Class

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