* Vocabulary checked on our binder check day.
* One change. I had assumed our days were of the same length next week, but Wednesday is too short to accommodate an in-class essay. So, we'll do it on Thursday.
* Work on your Journal 12 (apologies, I had put journal 11; please change the number)
HW: Journal 12: Find support for a major theme in your outside reading to compare with these works: _That Hideous Strength_, _Beowulf_, and _The Knight's Tale_. You need to have one comparison done for Tuesday. You will work through the others in class on Tuesday.
Wednesday, 10/5: CWP Due
* Pray
* CWP
* Work on your vocabulary definitions
* Outside reading
HW: Finish your outside reading; vocabulary words 31-40
* CWP
* Work on your vocabulary definitions
* Outside reading
HW: Finish your outside reading; vocabulary words 31-40
Tuesday, 10/4: Vocabulary, CWP
* Pray
* Grammar: Section 16a and b
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
--Strunk and White
To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
--W. Somerset Maugham
I apologize for this long letter; I didn't have time to shorten it.
--Pliny
1. Read the sections.
2. Look through your essays and journals. Find four total examples of redundancies and repetitions. Copy them into your notes and strike out or rewrite them.
* Vocabulary words 31-40
31.akin
32.corroborate
33.inexorable
34.insipid
35.nefarious
36.physiognomy
37.retinue
38.suppliant
39.tedium
40.torrid
* CWP
HW: CWP
* Grammar: Section 16a and b
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.
--Strunk and White
To write simply is as difficult as to be good.
--W. Somerset Maugham
I apologize for this long letter; I didn't have time to shorten it.
--Pliny
1. Read the sections.
2. Look through your essays and journals. Find four total examples of redundancies and repetitions. Copy them into your notes and strike out or rewrite them.
* Vocabulary words 31-40
31.akin
32.corroborate
33.inexorable
34.insipid
35.nefarious
36.physiognomy
37.retinue
38.suppliant
39.tedium
40.torrid
* CWP
HW: CWP
Monday, 10/3: "M.S. Found in a Bottle"; CWP
* Pray
* Preview of Upcoming Assignments
- CWP Due Wednesday, Oct. 5
- No School on Thursday or Friday
- Finish your Outside Reading for Monday, Oct. 10
- Journal 12 Comparison due Tuesday, Oct. 11
- In-class essay Wednesday, Oct. 12
- Binder check (this is going to be funky with all the different options and some having had notes crash, so I'll just be doing a quick look at your notes and basic organization).
* College Advice Notes
* Contest Review: Poe party post.
If you wish, you may take this prompt as the Q1 theme for your CWP. The limit for the contest is 750 words, so you could write a story and perhaps compose a poem or two along the same lines.
* Work on your CWP
HW: Work on your CWP
A Post Script Just for Fun:
The message in a bottle motif is still alive and well. The Police popularized it in 1979; it is said to be Sting's favorite song and one of his most covered.
Old School Improptu: He is said to have been visiting the concert and was then asked to play
More Recently
John Mayer does well
Matisyahu
But Poe's is quite another story (see the Poe post for the story link). I hope you enjoy it!
* Preview of Upcoming Assignments
- CWP Due Wednesday, Oct. 5
- No School on Thursday or Friday
- Finish your Outside Reading for Monday, Oct. 10
- Journal 12 Comparison due Tuesday, Oct. 11
- In-class essay Wednesday, Oct. 12
- Binder check (this is going to be funky with all the different options and some having had notes crash, so I'll just be doing a quick look at your notes and basic organization).
* College Advice Notes
* Contest Review: Poe party post.
If you wish, you may take this prompt as the Q1 theme for your CWP. The limit for the contest is 750 words, so you could write a story and perhaps compose a poem or two along the same lines.
* Work on your CWP
HW: Work on your CWP
A Post Script Just for Fun:
The message in a bottle motif is still alive and well. The Police popularized it in 1979; it is said to be Sting's favorite song and one of his most covered.
Old School Improptu: He is said to have been visiting the concert and was then asked to play
More Recently
John Mayer does well
Matisyahu
But Poe's is quite another story (see the Poe post for the story link). I hope you enjoy it!
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