Thursday Sept 21

3C1
-began reading "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"

Weekend Homework
-begin reviewing for Wednesday's short story quiz
-what to review: 5 elements of fiction, the 2 stories we finished and any associated vocabulary words with the stories we read

Wednesday Sept 27 - quiz

4U1
-rhetorical device - short sentences (note)
-last chance rhetorical devices practice quiz (handout - our third practice!)
-final reminders for narrative assignment

Weekend Homeworrk
-work on narrative
-review for rhetorical devices quiz

Monday Sept 25 - rhetorical devices quiz
Wednesday Sept 27 - rough copy of narrative due
Friday Sept 29 - narrative due

Tues Sept 19

3C1
-completed web quest for DB Cooper - minor media assignment
-if not completed by the end of class it is due tomorrow

Homework
-complete unfinished DB web quest
-continue to review and study your elements of fiction

Upcoming Important Dates
-Tuesday Sept 26 -quiz 1 - content: first 6 elements and the first three short stories

Twilight Zone

4U1
-note on loose and periodic sentences
-another rhetorical devices practice handout
-took up questions #1,2,4,8 of "Snapshots: Lost Lives of Women"
-in class worked on #5,6

-for homework answer #7

Upcoming Important Dates
-Mon Sept 25 - rhetorical device quiz
-Wed Sept 27 - rough copy of narrative due

5 Tips for Narrative Writing

Narrative Essay Examples

Narrative Tips

gwen

aretha

Weekend Homework

3C1
-finish 4 questions on DB Cooper if you didn't finish them in class
-signatures

4U1
-heavy lifting starts next week so enjoy the weekend!
-review and memorize - all rhetorical devices, dominant impression of "The Skier" and thesis of "Growing Up Native" - these are needed on the final essays test 

Thursday and Friday

3C1
-element of fiction #3 - character
-"DB Cooper"

db cooper

the skyjacker

Homework
-read over your 3 elements of fiction - conflict, nemesis, character

Friday
-history Channel's DB Cooper

4U1
Thursday and Friday

-deductive and inductive paragraphs
-work on "Growing Up Native"

-Learn about inductive and deductive paragraphs here

Friday
-finish up "Growing Up Native"
-what is a paradox?

-introduction to Critical Approaches - reader response and formalistic - another building block of the course!

Read this article on new evidence as of August of this year - the case that never ends!

the original news report