Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Tuesday-Wednesday, 11/07/12

Composition
1. VPP8 exercise II.
2. Finish reading "The Landlady" in your Reader and answering the questions (below):
1. Where is Billy coming from, and what is he trying to find in the town of Bath?
2. What are three things Billy sees that attracts him to the Bed and Breakfast place?
3. What is the first strange thing Billy notices about the landlady?
4. What is another strange thing that the landlady says or does (CD)?
5. Billy thinks he recognizes the names of the two young men in the guest book (Mulholland and Temple). Where does he think he remembers them from?
6. How does the landlady say the two young men were alike?
7. Where does the landlady say the two young men still are? What happened to the landlady’s pets?
8. What does the tea taste like?
9. What do you think will happen to Billy Weaver?
10. Copy two lines (CDs) of foreshadowing from the story.

English H I
1.VPP8 exercises I-V.

English H II
1. VPP8 exercises I-V.
2. Read The Odyssey books XXII-XXIII and do the study guide questions.
3. Work on the Odyssey stuff:
-Essay (due Thursday, 11/08)
Prompt: What heroic traits did the Greeks value? How is this evidenced in the various classic literature we have read so far in class? You must useThe Odyssey along with at least two other examples of classic Greek literature. 
-Project (due Thursday, 11/15)

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