Thursday, March 26, 2026

**ATTENTION 4th HAMLIT: WKEND HW READING/QU's DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME MON. 3/30!!**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

**HW DUE MON. 3/30:

Given to you in class FRI. 3/27  (multi-paged packet/NOTES section of binder/also LINKED on Classroom/**NOT A JOURNAL!!**),

1) OVER THE WKEND, CAREFULLY read Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron" (**take note of author info/background/our brief pre-reading discussion in class) 

2) After closely reading the text, use the story to answer thoroughly (**NOT JUST A ONE-WORD ANSWER, PLEASE!) the SEVEN (7) QUESTIONS at the end; you MAY WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE PAPER PROVIDED, print your own, or SEND EARLY to me to print!
  • **also note: THIS HOMEWORK IS ***NOT A JOURNAL!!** (NOTES section of binder w/story, please!**)

**...and, also, just in case, here is a LINK to the short story online:
"Harrison Bergeron" -Vonnegut



**AND FINALLY, PLEASE REMEMBERyou are part of a PRE-COLLEGE/HONORS-level course at the beginning of the 13th week of class--**and I'm now DILIGENTLY assessing whether or not you're prepared for DUAL ENROLLMENT ENGLISH NEXT YEAR.** Be prepared to FULLY DISCUSS the details/plot/themes/insights of this story Monday in class AS WELL AS share your answers to the seven reading check questions at the end! I WILL BE CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU COMPLETED YOUR WORK; ZEROS IF NOT COMPLETED!

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