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Monday, November 18, 2013

Language 11-18-2013

Princeton/Yale:
DO NOW:  copied a chart with five vocabulary words from "Rain, Rain Go Away."  Reviewed as a class the definition, origin, root word and meaning.
Took Simple Solutions Test on Lessons 29, 30, 31, 32; handed in packet.
(Princeton handed in SciFi Poem; Yale will examine theirs tomorrow & hand in)
Listened to Isaac Asimov's short story: "Rain, rain Go Away."   Constructed a "Think and Note" sheet.  Used their Think and Note to complete a selection objective test.  Went over answers together.
Homework:
complete a chart comparing the neighbors (three examples each)
         Evidence of how they were normal                  Evidence of how they were unusual

List three examples of how Asimov foreshadowed the ending of this SciFi story.
Simple Solutions #33
Read your student choice novel.

Harvard:
Same as above except completed "Rain, Rain Go Away" selection test in class.
Homework:
Simple Solutions #33
Read article on Orson Welles and complete questions.
Read your novel.

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