**ATTENTION, 3rd HAMLIT: HW HIGHLIGHTS and J#7 RESPONSE DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME WED. 10/21!!!**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE COMPLETED WED. 10/21:

1) FIRST, BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW, carefully read Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" (WRITING section of binder w/J#7 1/2-sheet response IN WRITING SECTION)

2) ALSO, as you read, HIGHLIGHT WITHIN THE TEXT the specific figurative details/LITERARY ELEMENTS NOTED BELOW that I assigned TO EACH PERSON Tuesday in class; highlight/make note of/be ready to explain for DISCUSSION OF WHAT YOU FOUND/HIGHLIGHTED WEDNESDAY:

• LIGHT imagery
• DARK imagery
• COLD/TOUCH imagery
• FIRE/LIGHT/WARM imagery

 **FOR CLASS WED. 10/21, WE'LL ALL LOOK FOR:

• specific SYMBOLS
• **EVERYONE LOOK FOR A THEME/THEMES at work within the story (**RE: technology, dystopias, knowledge vs. ignorance, following the status quo, FEAR of the unknown, etc.)

**Also, here's a LINK to the story: 
"The Pedestrian" -Bradbury 
 

3) AND FINALLY, after completion of your reading/highlighting, use the 1/2 sheet given to you in class Tuesday 10/20 and COMPLETE the JOURNAL #7 informal/personal response writing assignment [question ALSO given below] (WRITING section):  

Bradbury himself stated, “You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”

Now that you've read both Fahrenheit 451 and “The Pedestrian,” for JOURNAL #7 in your BINDER WRITING SECTION, EVALUATE Bradbury's words ABOVE and what they mean to you.  Consider both texts and use the plot similarities and insight you’ve gained from our readings and many other discussions from the past 10-11 weeks of class to help you respond to and evaluate his statement.

**REMEMBER:

• Journals are INFORMAL but COMPLETE; ALSO, PLEASE HAVE A HARD COPY (PRINTED OR WRITTEN) FOR CLASS!!!
• 150-200 words
• You can use "I" in your response 
• Use the text(s) mentioned (characters/plot/themes/etc.) to back up your response

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--AND FINALLY, you've not had HOMEWORK in a bit, SO PLEASE REMEMBER: 

• THIS JOURNAL #7 ASSIGNMENT NEEDS TO BE PRESENT IN HARD-COPY FORMAT OF SOME KIND (*PRINTED OR WRITTEN) IN YOUR WRITING SECTION OF YOUR BINDER

• BE READY FOR DISCUSSION THE STORY, THE HIGHLIGHTS YOU MADE, and OF YOUR J#7 RESPONSE WED. 1o/21 FOR *VALUABLE PARTICIPATION POINTS!!

**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1101: HW JOURNAL #6 to COMPLETE/READY BEFORE CLASSTIME TOMORROW TUES. 10/6**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1101

HW DUE TUES. 10/6:

BEFORE CLASS BEGINS TOMORROW TUES. 10/6, in the 'SEMESTER/YEAR JOURNALS' SECTION OF YOUR BINDER, COMPLETE:

JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE RE: photojournalist Susan Sontag's QUOTE below concerning war experiences and the civilian perspective (**A JOURNAL PAGE/INFO/MODEL for this response is LINKED ON this wkend's CLASSROOM POST and a PINK hard copy was given to you in class today MON. 10/5, and, again, the quote to respond to is ALSO COPIED HERE BELOW--->):

We--this "we" is everyone who has never experienced anything like what [these war dead] went through--don't understand. We don't get it. We truly can't imagine what it was like. We can't imagine how dreadful, how terrifying war is; and how normal it becomes. Can't understand, can't imagine. That's what every soldier, and every journalist and aid worker and independent observer who has put in time under fire, and had the luck to elude the death that struck down others nearby, stubbornly feels. And they are right. (126) 
-from Regarding the Pain of Others

**Consider Sontag's comments above about the nature of war, the 'civilian disconnect,' and WRITE/FREE RESPOND in an **open-ended manner that you feel is appropriate

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**A FEW NOTES RE: OPEN-ENDED JOURNAL RESPONSES: 

• TYPED/PRINTED ON YOUR OWN!!! or WRITTEN, *AT LEAST 150-200 words* (**Y'ALL REMEMBER: BE PROACTIVE; I HAVE NO *EXTRA* TIME FOR PRINTING, SO GET IT TO ME EARLY!!!)

• ARGUE/DEFEND/RHETORICALLY ANALYZE/USE A PERSONAL ANECDOTE/MAKE A CONNECTION TO OTHER TEXTS WE'VE/YOU'VE READ; ANY/MANY OF THESE!!!!

• FOLLOW THE GUIDE and INSTRUCTIONS/TIPS SHEET LINKED ON THE CLASSROOM POST (**PINK SHEET GIVEN TO YOU IN CLASS MON. 10/5) WITH THIS SONTAG JOURNAL PROMPT/QUOTE 
• these 150-200-WORD JOURNAL RESPONSES are for discussion purposes, whether your response be RHETORICAL, ARGUMENTATIVE, READER RESPONSE-BASED, TANGENTIAL, etc.

**REGARDLESS, it's *been a minute* since y'all have had writing response HW, so DO NOT RUIN THIS OPPORTUNITY OR SABOTAGE YOUR GRADE. 

THIS IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT, & YOU HAVE TONIGHT/BY CLASS TOMORROW to get your response COMPLETED; PLEASE HAVE a WRITTEN/TYPED J#6 response with you IN CLASS TUESDAY 10/6 FOR DISCUSSION (**OR SENT WAYYY AHEAD OF TIME to me to print!!) 

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**AND, SOME USEFUL, "GRADE-SAVING" FINAL THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER HERE AS WE END THE 10th WEEK OF THE SEMESTER: 

• CHECK THE CLASSROOM/SportsYou FROM ME EACH NIGHT
• HAVE YOUR COURSE BINDER WITH YOU DAILY
• BE *PRESENT*--mind AND body--AND PARTICIPATE
• PUT CELL PHONES/COMPUTERS AWAY--JAIL, or DAILY POINTS OFF YOUR GRADE!

**ATTENTION 3rd HAMLIT: INSTRUCTIONS, SOURCES, and OVERVIEW for IN-CLASS WORK on MIDTERM JOURNAL#6: F451/"Dover Beach" RESPONSE**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

**IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR IN-CLASS LESSON and J#6 WRITTEN RESPONSE from MON. 10/5 to THURS. 10/8:**

1) come to class MON. 10/5 expecting to intro into and start the following: 

• FIRST we'll start on and go as far as we can in class with our reading/notes/discussion RE: BRADBURY'S INCLUSION OF MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 19th century poem "DOVER BEACH" IN F451 (WRITING section of binder/given to you MON. 10/5)

2) THEN TUES. 10/6 we'll FINISH UP and RECAP everything we accomplished/learned and took notes on RE: the poem "Dover Beach" and Bradbury's use of it in F451 

3) FINALLY, STARTING IN CLASS TUES. 10/6 and *ALL CLASS THURS. 10/8*, be ready to complete and SUBMIT BY THE END OF CLASS an IN-CLASS (formal/graded) **MIDTERM WRITING CHECK-IN** JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE regarding our last 2-3 day's worth of  PRESENTATION and NOTES/DISCUSSION RE: Bradbury's inclusion of the poem "Dover Beach" within his novella F451

• the specific question for you to answer and ALL instructions/requirements for this FORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT will be given Wednesday in class before you write

• **Also, below is the LINK to the F451/"Dover Beach" relationship/tie-in WE WILL BE DISCUSSING/TAKING NOTES ON MON. 10/5 and TUES. 10/6, **especially the last two sections "Common Themes" and "Lost Humanity" (*also linked on the Classroom post for these days/this lesson): 

F451 and "Dover Beach": Why Bradbury Included the Poem in His Novella

• AGAIN, MORE INFO/instructions FOR THIS IN-CLASS WRITING/JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT TBA EACH DAY AS WE BEGIN, MON. 10/5 through THURS. 10/8, but THIS RESPONSE is your BEST CHANCE thus far to show me how much you can incorporate everything we've practiced over the past 9-10 weeks RE: formal analysis writing skills

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• AND IMPORTANT: FOR THIS J#6 RESPONSE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU EACH DAY/THROUGH THE LAST DAY(s) BEFORE FALL BREAK! 
• **you'll need it for your IN-CLASS JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE, and after completion of the journal, we'll [finally] remove your post-its and return the book to the library!