| Two announcements:
1. Extra Credit opportunity: Review Our Town.
Staple your signed ticket to the top of a typed 200-word review of a
performance of Bosque’s fall main stage drama Our Town for extra credit.
Performances are Fri. 11/16 at 7pm, Sat. 11/17 at 7pm, and Sun 11/18 at 2pm.
Reviews due before Thanksgiving break.
2. Flies-Plus-Thirty
Your writing assignment for Lord of the Flies is to write a fiction story
about a chance encounter between any two characters from the novel. The
encounter will occur thirty years after the events of the novel. More
structural guidelines to come. For now, remember to think like a writer as
you read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Just as Margaret Atwood had to
read Homer’s The Odyssey with a detective’s scrutiny prior to writing The
Penelopiad, you need to comb every detail of Golding’s novel prior to writing
your Flies+30 tale.
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Week 14—Tue. Nov. 20
• SS #24; discuss Flies ch. 7-8
• Homework: none
Thurs. Nov. 22
• No classes—Thanksgiving break
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Week 15—Mon. Nov. 26
• writing day
• Homework: Read pp 145-168 in Lord of the Flies (ch. 9-10). Annotate; write
character notes and answer questions.
Wed. Nov. 28
• SS #26; discuss Flies ch. 9-10
• Read pp 169-202 in Lord of the Flies (ch. 11-12). Annotate; write character
notes and answer questions.
Fri. Nov. 30
• SS #26; discuss Flies ch. 11-12
• Homework: Write character and plot notes for Flies+30 story.
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Week 16—Tues. Dec. 4
• Meet in computer lab to write first drafts of Flies+30 stories
• Homework: Revise your first draft.
Thur. Dec. 6
• Peer conference first drafts; discuss exam preparation
• Homework: Write second draft of your Flies+30 story.
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Week 17—Exam Week—regular classes Mon; special exam schedule—Tues-Fri
• Tue-Fri schedule—9:15am mtg; 9:30 exam; 11:15 lunch; 11:45 exam; 1:15 dismissal
Mon. Dec. 10
• hand in Flies + 30 story packet—with your reflective cover letter on top
• Homework: Prepare outline for semester exam essay
Tues. Dec. 11—special exam schedule
• English 9A meets 9:30-11:00 in the computer lab to write exam essay
• English 9B meets 11:45-1:15 in north library computer lab to write exam essay
• Homework: Enjoy winter break—See you Wed. Jan. 3
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