Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tuesday-Wednesday, 11/29-30/11

ELAS
1. No homework.

Composition
1. VPP9 quiz makeups (20X each).
2. VPP9 exercise II (Sentence Completion).
3. MLA sheet - A, B, C example sentences.
4. Write your new verse for the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette.
See the lyrics here.
See the music video here.

English H
1. Symbolism/Irony essay: Introduction and CDs. See texts below.
2. VPP9 ex. III & IV (also quiz makeups, 20x each).

Irony:
"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
"The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty
"Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs

Symbolism:
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schulz
"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
"How to Eat a Guava" by Esmerelda Santiago

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