Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Summer Reading List

Entering sophomores taking English 10CP should read Early Autumn, a novel by Robert Parker. 

Students taking English 10H should read one novel from the list of global authors below. 

  • Khaled Hosseini: Kite Runner or And the Mountains Echoed 
  • Amy Tan: Joy Luck Club or Kitchen God's Wife 
  • Jhumpa Lahiri: Interpreter of Maladies or Unaccustomed Earth 
  • Julia Alvarez: In the Time of the Butterflies or How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent 
  • Chimamanda Adichie: Americanah or The Purple Hibiscus 
  • Isabel Allende: House of the Spirits or Daughter of Fortune 
  • Marjane Satrapi: Persepolis

Thursday, June 1, 2017

End of the play!

Do now: do you think R&J's tragic end is a result of fate or a result of their own actions (freewill?) Write at least 5 sentences.

Objectives:

  • review the major plot points of Acts 4 and 5
  • understand the expectations of the RJ test

Agenda:
1. do now (10 minutes)
2. Film!
3. Test review sheet-- HERE
4. Summarizer

HW: TEST WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY.