- POW
- Discussion / review of English sonnet essay test
- Discussion / notes on "How Do I Love Thee?" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Italian sonnet. We will work with the Italian sonnet for the next few weeks.
- College Admissions Essays: First drafts are currently under review. You should have a conference date (check schedule here) to discuss your paper with me.
- New Unit: Short Fiction
- Notes: List of elements of fiction
- In-class reading: "We Show What We Have Learned" by Clare Beams
- Homework due Mon. 10/19/15:
- Complete a second reading of the story, noting the following:
- unfamiliar vocab
- elements of fiction you happen to notice (plot, setting, conflict, character, point of view, theme, mood, tone)
- literary devices and their effect(s)
- Write at least 3 clarifying questions. These are questions to which you might not know the answer but realize that the answer could clarify meaning in the story.
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