Block of Centuries: Quiz, CWP, early prompts given, Austen

* Open

* Quiz

* G. K. Chesterton, the Champion of Wonder

• "On Cheese"

• "On Fragments"

* CWP: Creative Writing (scroll down to quarter 3, please)

• Choose a direction
• Begin drafting 

Student Examples:

Championing

• Skunks, Acne, and Onions by Ms. Dai

  Dental Floss by Ms. Jackson

  Potato, Potato by Ms. Peternel

  Splendid Socks by Mr. Ahn

  Precious Packaging by Ms. Song

  All Hail: Thursday! by Ms. Lagan

   

Satirizing

• I like to abbreve by Ms. Sonnenschein

  I Pronounce You Cat and Wife by Ms. Reeves

  Offended by Ms. Gomez

  Love, Certainly by Ms. Torchio

  I Miss Him by Ms. Toler

  Txt by Ms. Wilson

  Queen of Selfies: Ms. Rothschild

* Review J: Johnson and Bacon



* Hand out next week's passage-based writing prompts (1991, 2000)

* Continue reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

•  Journal: Jane Austen (21): Please answer this and all further Austen questions as a running Journal:
• 1.  The opening line of this novel is one of the most famous in English history.  Why do you think it is so memorable?  What tone do you detect in this line? 

HW: Read (at least) chapters 1-5 in Pride and Prejudice; begin considering next essay prompts