Classwork:
- Do Now: Quiz #24: able/ible, ade, age, al, algia, an/ian, ance/ancy
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- Then: Fate vs. Free Will in Slaughterhouse Five (continued from last class)
- Reminder: Please return Slaughterhouse Five copy to Mr. Fisher by Thursday, April 5 (this is an obligation that will follow you until the book is returned)
- Introduction: Ray Bradbury
- Reading: There Will Come Soft Rains (p. 284-292)
- During: Consider direct and indirect characterization
- During: How can the setting and the character be the same?
- After: Short Story Requirements
- Continue Slaughterhouse Five project (due by April 11)
- Continue Independent Reading
- Begin brainstorming short story ideas
Classwork:
- Do Now: Moral vs. Theme: Are the technological advances described in There Will Come Soft Rains more positive or negative?
- Next: Collect Slaughterhouse Five copies (copies are due back by Thursday, April 5)
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- After: Discussion of the Dystopia and distribution of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
- Then: Short Story Elements...more to come
- Study for Quiz #25: ant, ary/ery/ory, ate, cian, cule/ling, cy, dom
- Vocabtest.com, Unit 14: Synonyms
- Continue Slaughterhouse Five project (due by April 11)
- Continue Independent Reading (written portion due by April 27)
- Begin brainstorming short story ideas (see project requirements here)