All Eng. Lit. classes: quiz Monday on literary elements and techniques discussed so far. Bring your copy of the short story. If you don’t, you will not be able to take the quiz. You will be asked to identify specific elements and techniques in “Everyday Use”.
Eng. Comp.: take-home quiz due Monday: an essay on something you feel strongly about. You must have evidence (supporting details) for whatever you claim.
AP Psych: read handout. Quiz Tuesday on the rest of the material learned so far in Research and Methodology. For 9/30: read Wikipedia article on Genie (skip the technical details of her hearing tests.) Go to highschoolbioethics.edu and read Case 4 Genie the Wild Child: Research or Exploitation. There will be a quiz on Oct. 2 or 3 on this material.
N.B. to certain students in Eng. Comp.: Unexamined biases, no matter how long you have had them, DO NOT CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE. That you wish something were so DOES NOT CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE. That most people you know think the way you do DOES NOT CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE. That something seems plausible DOES NOT CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE. The fact that YOU think something DOES NOT CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE. That some authority in another field has rendered an opinion about your topic DOES NOT CONSTITUTE EVIDENCE.
All Eng. Lit. classes: Find as many examples of irony as possible in “Everyday Use” (no need to name the types of irony); quiz Monday on literary elements and techniques learned so far (you need to bring your copy of the story.)
Eng. Comp.: Complete outline. Remember to narrow your topic. If you do not have supporting details you cannot use that topic!
AP Psych: Quiz tomorrow on material learned so far.
Eng. Lit. classes: read short story “Everyday Use”. Answer these 3 questions:1)How does the mother feel about where she lives and how she looks? How do you know? 2)How do you know the mother has always favored Dee? 3)What do you notice about the diction in paragraphs 3 and 4?
Eng. Comp.: Write a topic on the top of the page. Brainstorm per instructions given in class. Indicate how long you took on the bottom of the page.
AP Psych: review notes.
All classes EXCEPT AP Psych: Quizzes will be given Mon. 9/17.
10th, 11th, 12th grade Eng. Lit.: 1-page essay on a connection you feel with a previous generation in your family or community OR a connection you wish you had.
Eng. Comp.: 1-page essay on “I Wish I Were Good At_____”
AP Psych: review notes.
ALL CLASSES: QUIZ THURSDAY; TOPICS TO BE ANNOUNCED.
1. Paragraph about Adam Smith
2. Answer thoughtfully the following question: Is it fair that some people earn only $20,000 per year and others $200 million or even more? Is it, in your view, an efficient allocation of monetary resources in society?
