November/December 2008

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Irony

Humor Triangle

 

HW:  Bring in Something Funny to Share

 

 

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Share Something Funny

 

 

Class/Homework: Read Part I  & II “Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg”

 

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20 Shopping Schedule

 

Reading Work: “Hadleyburg”

 

Home/Classwork:  Read Parts III & IV “Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg”

21 Shopping Schedule

 

Reading Quiz

“The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg”

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24   C Schedule

 

 Irony in Twain

 

Origins of Stand-up Comedy

 

25 Assembly Schedule

 

Irony in Twain

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Irony in Twain Due

 

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No School

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No School

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Class/Homework:

Read Jean Shepherd, “Endless Streetcar”

 

Responses

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“Endless Streetcar”

Voice/Character

 

Responses Due

 

Writing about Reading

 

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“Streetcar” Writing Work Due

 

Read James Thurber, “The Catbird Seat”

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Finish “The Catbird Seat”

Character Analysis Essay

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Early Release

 

 

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Drafting “The Catbird Seat” Essay

Crane, “Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”

   Vocab

 

 

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 Self-RevisionProtocol – “Catbird Seat” Essay

 

Crane, “Bride Comes to Yellow Sky”

   Group Interp

 

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“Catbird Seat” Final Draft Due

 

Wordplay

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Wordplay

 

Satire

Read Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”

 

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Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”

 

Writing about your Reading

 

Prep for Quiz

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Humor Quiz

 

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Early Release

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