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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Language Arts 3-14-14

Today we took the poetry assessment on poets & their poems.  
Princeton & Yale edited poems assigned for homework:  topic and form.  Finals are due Monday.

Homework:

   Harvard -- Your assessment sheets are due Monday (themes and characterization - The Skin I'm In).  We'll be completed Part III -- the "Short Write" on Monday.
                     Draft the poem about a significant male figure in your life (dad, grandpa, brother, uncle, etc.)-- the format is on the back of "If I was In Charge of the World"
                     Have your Socratic Discussion prepared.

  Yale --  Finish reading and answer your discussion questions for Part  II for Nothing But The Truth.  Work on your acrostic poem for one of the  main characters.

 Princeton -- Finish reading Cassette 4A and finish Guided Reading Sheet #2 in our novel Thirteen Reasons Why.     Draft an acrostic poem on one of the main characters.

ALL: review flash cards & notes for final poetry and figurative language assessment on Tuesday.

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