Homework for the Week of September 9th, 2013

Freshmen
Wednesday Sept. 11th
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Bring in something that you consider to be a piece of "literature."  Be prepared to explain what makes your artifact a piece of literature.  Is your artifact  a piece of "good" literature?  How might you differentiate between good and bad literature?

Thursday Sept. 12th
Reading HW: "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
HW: Is this story a piece of "good" literature?  Why or why not?  What is the subtext of this story?

Friday Sept. 13th
Reading HW: "The Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway
HW: Conduct a close reading of the text.  Using the text in your responses, please create four observations, ask three questions, and create three hypotheses based upon the text of this story.

Looking ahead...
Monday Sept. 16th
Minutes:
Reading HW: "Gryphon" by Charles Baxter
HW: Conduct a close reading of the text.  Using the text in your responses, please create four observations, ask three questions, and create three hypotheses based upon the text of this story.

Juniors
Reading HW: "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway
HW:   What does this story discuss that might not be so obvious to the naked eye?

Thursday Sept. 12th
Reading HW:  "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway
HW: Considering our discussion of conflict and subtext, I would like you identify the underlying conflict of this story.  What kind of message is the author conveying and how does he convey such a message?

Friday Sept. 13th
Reading HW: A& P by John Updike
HW: Conduct a close reading of the text.  Using the text in your responses, please create four observations, ask three questions, and create three hypotheses based upon the text of this story.

Looking ahead...
Monday Sept. 16th
Minutes:
Reading HW: The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck
HW: Considering our discussion of conflict and subtext, I would like you identify the underlying conflict of this story.  What kind of message is the author conveying and how does he convey such a message?

Seniors
Wednesday Sept. 11th
Reading HW: Please read "Intimate Apparel" by April Kilcrease and "Two Discoveries" by Celia Dovell Bell
HW: Draft due Friday.  Please bring in two drafts of your work.

Thursday Sept. 12th
Reading HW: "Doctors Without Orders", "A Few Essays That Worked", "How To Write a Lives Essay"
HW: Draft due Friday.  Please bring in two drafts of your work.

Friday Sept. 13th
Reading HW: Please review the rules for a workshop found here.
HW: Draft due Friday.  Please bring in two drafts of your work.

Looking ahead...
Monday Sept. 16th
Minutes:
Reading HW:  "A Few Essays That Worked", "How To Write a Lives Essay"
HW: Sharing day.