Wednesday, January 30, 2013

HW DUE THURS. 1/31

12II 1st:

HW DUE THURS. 1/31: 

In the 'GRAMMAR' section of your binder, complete the DOUBLE-SIDED WORKSHEET (**TAKING UP FOR A GRADE TOMORROW!) on: 
--“DANGLING MODIFIERS” (create new sentences to correct the errors)
--EDITING SHEET: "Anyone for Cricket?" (total # of errors to read for given in class today/at top of page with description)  


12III 2nd/4th:
 
HW DUE THURS. 1/31
 
1) Read CAREFULLY AND CRITICALLY BOTH texts on the double-sided page given to you in class today (*IF YOU WERE OUT TODAY AND DO NOT HAVE THE TEXTS, USE THE LINKS BELOW, PLEASE!):

--“The Pacifists” (prose)
*LINK TO PART OF THE TEXT (I'm not a TIME Magazine subscriber):
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834576,00.html 
 
--‘Poetic Perspectives: “Norman Morrison”’ (poetry)  
*LINK TO POEM BY A. MITCHELL (second poem on the page):
http://librarydoor.gfsd.org/bates/war_poetry.htm 

2) BE PREPARED FIRST THING IN CLASS TOMORROW to write for 15 minutes on an INFORMAL YET EVALUATED (I will take this up) JOURNAL #3 topic/question regarding these texts; I will give you the topic when class begins

**PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO ‘RIGHT or WRONG’ ANSWERS FOR TOMORROW’S JOURNAL #3 QUESTION; HOWEVER, YOU DO NEED TO BE PREPARED TO:
a)DEFEND YOUR ASSERTIONS WITH ONE "QUOTE/CITE" FROM THE TEXT 
b)BE READY TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE THREE APPEALS TO TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU RESPOND REGARDING THE TEXT 

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