Monday, November 14 - Thursday, November 17

Thursday
Hink Pink: test expert
1. Reading time?
2. Parallelism practice - mark Tuesday's - New one today.
4. Work on your essay outline for Faking It and The Bastard - typed - due tomorrow.
5. Reader: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. If you wish to listen to an audio version:
https://soundcloud.com/simonschuster/the-short-happy-life-of-francis-macomber-from-the-ernest-hemingway-audiobook-library
6. Answer the Study Guide questions. Answer neatly using proper sentences. I will be collecting them for a grade NEXT WEEK.

Wednesday
Hink Pink: shovel-up the droppings
1. Reading time?
2. Short story terms quiz.
3. Parallelism practice - mark yesterday's - New one today.
4. Work on your essay outline for Faking It and The Bastard - typed - due tomorrow.
5. Reader: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. If you wish to listen to an audio version:
https://soundcloud.com/simonschuster/the-short-happy-life-of-francis-macomber-from-the-ernest-hemingway-audiobook-library
6. Answer the Study Guide questions. Answer neatly using proper sentences. I will be collecting them for a grade.


Tuesday
Hink Pink: bogus earth movement
1. Quiz on short story terms Tomorrow.
2. Worksheet on parallelism.
3. Term 1 banned book assignments. Final chance to hand in is Friday, November 18th. If not received this Friday, no credit for assignment.
4. Hand-in green essay worksheets.
5. Bring me synthesis essays for feedback today and tomorrow.
6. Reader: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. If you wish to listen to an audio version:
https://soundcloud.com/simonschuster/the-short-happy-life-of-francis-macomber-from-the-ernest-hemingway-audiobook-library
7. Answer the Study Guide questions. Answer neatly using proper sentences. I will be collecting them for a grade.


Monday
Hink Pink: ship saying
Write down the name of your term "classic" novel on the class list today.
1. Quiz on short story terms Wednesday, November 16th.
2. Return the term 1 banned book assignments. Final chance to hand in is Friday, November 18th. If not received this Friday, no credit for assignment.
3. Assignment log - Look back at first response to Ordinary Life - Look at your various stand alone text responses. What do you need to work on in the synthesis essay?
4. Review - blending quotes https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3eNXd3y05jBbDRvYnFCNGI1TU0/view?usp=sharing

5. Who was Ernest Hemingway? Answer Garden: Top details. https://answergarden.ch/383870
mini bio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQDe0GCNHg

6. Reader's Theatre: The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
https://soundcloud.com/simonschuster/the-short-happy-life-of-francis-macomber-from-the-ernest-hemingway-audiobook-library
7. During reading: Key concepts/key ideas: As you listen, collect something for your group. One at a time, share symbols/imagery; setting; point of view, genre, tone, writing style, theme/title
8. After reading: Men & Masculinity group; Women & Femininity group; Courage group;Violence group; Marriage group.




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