Tuesday after Labor Day

Brilliant Students:

I hope that your three-day weekend was marvelous.

Here is a rundown of class today:

AP:  Please remember that your TIB essay is due tomorrow, Wednesday, September 3rd.  Bring a hard copy to class and submit your essay electronically via turnitin.com tomorrow night before 11:59 p.m.  

Please note the submission information for turnitin.com:

Second period: ID# 8442030; password secondperiod

Third period: ID# 8442044; password thirdperiod

Fourth period: ID# 8442048; password fourthperiod

Fifth period: ID# 8442061; password fifthperiod

Sixth period ID# 8442072; password sixthperiod

Today in class we read, discussed, and wrote about David Brooks's article "The Mental Virtues."  If you sadly missed class today, the link to this article is as follows:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/opinion/david-brooks-the-mental-virtues.html?_r=0

You also received a vocabulary sheet for our first class novel, The Handmaid's Tale.  Please complete this vocabulary sheet and bring it to class Thursday, September 4th.

Please read and annotate Tannen's "There is No Unmarked Woman" by Friday, September 5th.  If you missed class today, a link to the article appears below:

http://www.shoreline.edu/doldham/101/HTML/Tannen.pdf

In seventh period, we reviewed the reading quizzes, and you submitted the rest of the vocabulary puzzles.

We also read a bit in Rats Saw God, and you participated in writing roulette.

For Friday's homework, please do one of the following:

A sentence with each of the 20 vocabulary words;  OR

A story with 16 of the vocabulary words; OR

An illustrated story with 14 of the vocabulary words and ten (10) illustrated panels.

This homework is due Friday, September 5th.

Have a great day!