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English 12 - Class Reconvenes on Friday

This is a photo of the Boston Public Library, placed here to get your attention. Enjoy. Be in class on Friday! Check the schedule! Tell your friends!

Conferences Reminder

Hey, seniors in English 12 - when you come to your writing conference, bring the book you are reading for your Independent Reading Project.

YA Literature w/Tanvi

Tanvi Rastogi from Ames Public Library visited our sophomore classes today, offering book talks on some hot contemporary Young Adult fiction such as Butter by Erin Lange, Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga.

Thanks, Tanvi!

Did Proctor Do the Right Thing?

Heated debates today in Honors English 10! Some say Proctor is justified and becomes a martyr by mounting the gibbet, others argue he abandons his family and dismisses "God's most precious gift."Some of us continue to wrestle with the evidence and revise our analysis. Nicely done, sophomores!

English 12 - Narrative Essays - Chunk it Out

Today and tomorrow, revise and organize the body of your essay. Think in chunks. What are the key moments, the snapshot moments readers need to understand your story, your place, your experience? Alternate between scenes and summary. As you read the autobiography, biography or memoir you selected, notice how the writer moves back and forth between scenes and summary, scenes and analysis. You should too.

Some reminders from class today:

The Shell Game!!

Independent Reading - Every Day

English 12 Students - Remember to log at least 20-minutes each night with your Independent Reading selections. Glancing around the room yesterday, it didn't look like most of us were 1/4 of the way through our books. Take some time today and Thursday to make some progress, get into your story. Remember to flag:

• moments of struggle
• models of beautiful writing
• passages you connect with