Finish Article II for Monday.

Finish Article I

Article I, Sections 7 and 8....Write or type notes.

Continue writing your notes for Article I, sections 4, 5, 6.
The Preamble test is tomorrow.

For Monday, read Article I, Sections 1 through 3. Make notes on a separate sheet of paper that show your efforts at finding the key information in this reading and putting your understanding in your own words (pages 18 and 19 in Words We Live By).


For Tuesday, have the Preamble memorized with original spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Extra credit for size differentials (ie "We the People," "of the United States," and "do").

Read pages 10-17 in Words We Live By for tomorrow (Thursday).

Read "War of Words" and create index cards for the vocabulary we discussed today in class.

Identify how Shirley Jackson uses the elements of story for Monday (Oct. 18):

Setting: Where does the story take place? When? What are the details of this place?
Characters: Are the characters fully develpoed and three-dimensional or are they static? What kinds of characters are they?
Point of View/ Narrator: Who is narrating the story? How would it be different if one of the characters narrated the story?
Plot/ Conflict: What is the structure of this story? Are there sections? What is the arc of the narrative?
Language/ Diction: What kinds of words does Jackson use to tell her story?
Detail: How does the detail work in this story. Where does Jackson use the most detail?
Symbols: What symbols are used in this story?
Irony: Identify where Jackson uses irony in this story.

Monday, Oct.11-- Photo and media packets due
Tuesday, Oct 12--- Vocabulary Test (first 40 words)
Wednesday, Oct. 13--- In-Class Essays on Warriors