Week of August 29

English 9: Storytelling

Begin reading "The Most Dangerous Game"

• Characterization (and evidence of)
• Setting
• Plot development
• Imagery/sensory details

Story planning

Homework: Pronouns worksheet due Friday


English 10: Telling Our Stories

Read "By the Waters of Babylon"

• First-person perspective
• Drawing conclusions
• Answer page 587 #1,2,3,7,8,9

Homework: Autobiographical Narrative draft due Friday



English 11: Early American Literature

Read "The History of Virginia" and "Of Plymouth Plantation"

• Objective versus subjective
• Identifying subjective bias in texts
• Answer page 85 #1,3,4,9  (#1 on graphic organizer)

Homework: Myth draft due Tuesday; Vocabulary sentences due Thursday; Vocabulary quiz Friday

English 12: Anglo-Saxon Literature

Finish viewing History Channel episode
All Beowulf work due
Journal: How does Beowulf illustrate Anglo-Saxon values. Answer in a well-developed paragraph, including specific examples from the text.

Read "Gilgamesh" and "the Iliad" excerpts

• Cultural values 
• Answer #1,2,3 at end of readings

Homework: Vocabulary sentences due Thursday; Vocabulary quiz Friday