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Friday, September 5, 2014

English 11 week of September 8

Monday – www.goodreads.com and book selections. Students should bring personal reading books to class beginning today.

Tuesday – Memoir defined. What is Truth? Class writing and discussion. SMITH magazine 6 word memoirs at http://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/ . Homework: your own 6 word memoir (plan to share tomorrow!)
            For sale: Baby shoes never worn (Hemingway)
Wednesday – Share out 6 word memoir. Memoir excerpt: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/) chapter: Sharks and Bullets. What does a memoirist do? Class writing and discussion.
Thursday – News article from www.newsla.com . Students create a T chart of Images and Actions and Words from news article. Homework: Describe 1 bad habit you have. Why is it bad? Why do you do it? (50 word minimum)

Friday – Pair and share bad habit. Return to news article, class writing and discussion on the setting and people.

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