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Monday, December 8, 2014

Monday, December 8, 2014

Language Arts:
   We created two flash cards on the Literary Element - setting.
   We took notes on the genre Science Fiction and discussed our next writing project:  creating our own scifi holiday story.  Rubrics will be passed out tomorrow.  Tonight begin brainstorming your ideas on a piece of looseleaf.
    Princeton had a guest visitor, Nikki Macias, former graduate of Hale and currently a senior at Morton West.  Yale & Harvard continued watching The Outsiders.

Homework:
   Symbolism and theme mini-project (due Wednesday for P & Y, due Thursday for H)
Identify each symbol as used in The Outsiders, draw an illustration.   P&Y choose three topics and generate the theme expressed through the novel. Write a paragraph citing the evidence that led you to draw that conclusion about the theme.

  Choose and begin reading your choice of Fantasy, fairy tale or myth.  
  Begin studying for your Simple Solutions Test on #29-32 and the structural analysis test -- both on Wednesday

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