AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, JULY 20, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 219.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE A SEVEN PARAGRAPH ESSAY FOR HOMEWORK:

CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TWO TOPICS:

A. THE DEATH PENALTY IS JUST.

B. THE COURTS SHOULD NOT IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY AS IT IS UNJUST.

WITHIN THE SEVEN PARAGRAPHS, YOU WILL WRITE A COUNTER-ARGUMENT AND A REBUTTAL TO THE COUNTER-ARGUMENT.

3. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE AND USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER TO CREATE CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE" FOR "MAGIC REALISM" (REALISMO MAGICO) ON PAGE 222.

4. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ' "A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS: A TALE FOR CHILDREN" ON PAGE 223.

5. READING AND DISCUSSION OF "MEET THE WRITER" ON PAGE 230

6. INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA ON PAGE 685


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. CONTINUED "ACTING" THE PARTS IN THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 70

2. FOR HOME WORK, STUDENTS WILL WRITE A SEVEN PARAGRAPH ESSAY WHICH INCLUDES A COUNTER-CLAIM AND A REBUTTAL ON ONE OF THESE TOPICS:

A. WITCHCRAFT IS A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT

B. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH "THE DARK ARTS."