HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF Nov. 3-5

FOR WEDNESDAY (Nov 3): Read and Annotate "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day" (351) and do Qs AND Writing Suggestions 1-3 (Write an essay) AND for those of you who have not already handed in your practice exam essay, it is also due on Wednesday.
FOR THURSDAY (Nov 4): Read and Annotate "The Culture of Martyrdom" and do the Qs.
FOR FRIDAY (Nov 5): Read and Annotate "Stripped for Parts" and do the Qs, BUT...NO VOCABULARY QUIZ since it is just a three day week...
FOR MONDAY (Nov 8): Read and Annotate Chapter 7: Cause and Effect

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 25-29

FOR MONDAY (25th): Read and Annotate "The Color of Love" and do Qs.
FOR TUESDAY (26th): Read and Annotate Chapter Six (322-339)
FOR WEDNESDAY (27th): NOTHING: We will be taking a practice exam.
FOR THURSDAY (28th): Read and Annotate "My Daily Dives in the Dumpster" (340) and do Qs
FOR FRIDAY (29th): Read and Annotate "Revision and Life: Take It from the Top-Again" (346) and do Qs and Vocabulary Quiz
FOR WEDNESDAY (Nov 3): Read and Annotate "For Authors, Fragile Ideas Need Loving Every Day" (351) and do Qs AND Writing Suggestions 1-3 (Write an essay)

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 18-22

FOR MONDAY (18th): NO HOMEWORK (I know you guys had PSAT (good practice for having to take timed tests like your AP exam) and that some of you have soccer games and church!!!
In Class we will be reading and annotating "The Transaction: Two Writing Processes" and doing Qs.
FOR TUESDAY (19th): Write a similar essay about the revision process. In a manner and tone similar to Zinnser's, compare the revision process of two "imaginary" peer editors. (You have experienced many peer edits this year, including your own peer edits.) Form opinions on the nature and value of revision. We will be peer editing these essays in class on Tuesday...lol!
FOR THURSDAY (21st): Read and Annotate "Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa" and do Qs and clean copy of Revision Essay.
FOR FRIDAY (22nd): Read and Annotate "Neat and Sloppy People" and do the Qs and Vocabulary Quiz.
FOR MONDAY (25th): Read and Annotate "The Color of Love" and do Qs.

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 13-14

FOR WEDNESDAY (October 13): Read and annotate and do the Qs for "But What do You Mean" and write an essay in which you take a stand on the major areas of miscommunication that arise when dating. Use examples from this essay, personal experience or examples from your reading (i.e. novels, etc.)
FOR THURSDAY (October 14): Read and annotate Chapter 5 (Comparison and Contrast)

CLEAN CLASSIFICATION ESSAY FOR FRIDAY

If you did not have enough time to finish your group peer edit, I will give you a few minutes in class tomorrow (THURSDAY, Oct. 7th).

Adding ACCEPTABLE sources for blog posts!

In addition to the sites already listed:
http://www.salon.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.theatlantic.com/
http://harpers.org/

I am adding the following sites:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://www.reuters.com/
http://www.ft.com/home/uk
http://mondediplo.com/
http://online.wsj.com/home-page
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/world/index.html

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 4-8

FOR TUESDAY:Read and annotate and do the Qs for "In Defense of Talk Shows"
FOR WEDNESDAY:Read and annotate and do the Qs for "This Is Who I am When No One Is Looking"
FOR THURSDAY: Read and annotate and do the Qs for "The Myth of the Latin Woman"
FOR FRIDAY:Vocabulary Quiz and hand in "Factoring" list and synthesis
FOR WEDNESDAY (October 13): Read and annotate and do the Qs for "But What do You Mean" and write an essay in which you take a stand on the major areas of miscommunication that arise when dating. Use examples from this essay, personal experience or examples from your reading (i.e. novels, etc.)