**ATTENTION 3rd BLOCK HONORS AMLIT HW DUE TUES. 1/11 and RDG ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED WED. 1/12**

 3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE TUES. 1/11:

1) In the WRITING SECTION of your binder as JOURNAL #2, complete ONE 150-200 word response to ALL THREE (3) QUESTIONS BELOW... 

• NOTE FIRST THING: from our reading/discussion today in class, use Conroy’s comments (BLUE SHEET/WRITING SECTION of binder) from Lords of Discipline about his ‘GREAT TEACHER THEORY’ as the ‘inspiration’/guide for your own response to these THREE qu's:

• What qualities, in your opinion, make a GREAT TEACHER?

• Think back over the teachers you’ve had through your years in school. Have we [your teachers from any grade/school/etc.] "measured up" in your eyes academically, personally/supportively, and/or in any other way?  

• Finally, choose ONE of the THREE main 'chunks'/sections of CONROY'S EXCERPT (as noted in class) and briefly explain/talk about which of those section appeals to you the most, AND WHY you feel this way/what caught your attention. 

******AGAIN, JOURNAL REMINDERS******

• PLEASE NOTE FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER: A HARD COPY ('physical' PRINTED or WRITTEN sheet) is REQUIRED for ALL JOURNALS to be placed in your BINDER WRITING SECTION
• **typed or written; either is fine (**but IF I NEED TO PRINT FOR YOU, please remember timeliness **by EARLY a.m. or NO PRINTING FROM ME!!)
• 150-200 words MINIMUM for the response
• answer the qu's with the prompt and/or text in mind
• BE READY TO SHARE YOUR RESPONSES IN CLASS TUESDAY TO EARN **VALUABLE CCR GRADE DISCUSSION POINTS

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2) AND ALSO, DON'T FORGET YOUR FIRST READING HW DUE WED. 1/12: 

In the dystopian/science fiction novel/la Fahrenheit 451, make sure you've read PART I ("The Hearth and the Salamander")  THROUGH pp. 38 [*top of the page; ends with "...we turn for the fire house" (38).] 

• again, be ready for discussion of what you've thus far read Wednesday, and bring questions you may have about the plot, characters, fire/animal imagery, themes, etc.

• **ALSO BE READY FOR A POTENTIAL READING CHECK/QUIZ over what you've read thus far! 

• **A SUGGESTION AS YOU READ: continue to use your CLASS NOTES from the Ted Ed video *LINK HERE "How To Recognize a Dystopia" to look for specific instances/plot points/themes in the novel that mirror dystopian characteristics (*more on this in class TUES. 1/11)

• AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 TO CLASS EVERY DAY!