AP Language and Composition
We continued discussing satire in today's class and began reading Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal."
Homework: Students need to go this website (http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/modest.html) and finish reading "A Modest Proposal." They then need to write a thesis describing how Swift uses hyperbole and irony to expose vice or folly in 18th century Ireland and England.
Pre-AP English 9
In today's class, we focused on syntactical structure and figurative language, and we used "The Scarlet Ibis" to identify examples of these.
Homework: Students need to read the first four chapters in A Separate Peace by Monday, October 7. They should also be studying their Words of the Day.
Advanced English 9
We began discussing poetry in today's class, after reviewing verbals.
Homework: Students need to read the first four chapters in A Separate Peace by Monday, October 7. They should also be studying their Words of the Day.
For a copy of the Poetry PowerPoint notes, please click here. (Please note that it is a large file and may take a while to download, depending on your connection speed.)
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