Seniors: Week of 11-18

Read "The Portable Phonograph," a short story that is posted on Studywiz, for Tuesday's class.  Read the pre-reading notes on the author and some important historical-literary information that will help you to understand the story better.  Come to class with at least 10 questions and comments for class discussion.

Monday: vocab quiz on D words--some complete the sentence--for some I might ask you to write a sentence--also, some time to "recommend [or not]" your nonfiction book

Tuesday: "The Portable Phonograph" discussion and possible quiz

Wednesday: continue discussion of "The Portable Phonograph"

Thursday: post [before class] your response to the first blog of the second quarter at Schoolsville. It's called Your Bucket List and it's posted below

Friday: writing descriptively from models of famous works of art

Before next Monday you should read the "The Shawl." It's in your book, but I will post a copy [along with some pre-reading notes] at Studywiz, too. It's a disturbing concentration camp story. Come to class with at least 10 questions and comments for class discussion.