Welcome to second semester already! We'll ease into it with a four-day week. Here's what's on the agenda:
MONDAY: Journal warm-up. Overview of second semester. Suggest TheWeek.com for current event e-mail of the day. Pass back final, go over it. Review Huckleberry Finn and read Chapter 19 in class. Huckleberry Finn group exercise. Read 2 arguments for and against reading Huckleberry Finn as part of a class at high school. Analyze each argument, SAT-style.
Due: n/a
Homework: Finish Huckleberry Finn For and Against article assignment.
Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 20 (page 136 of the library version).
WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up: The 13 Virtues from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Class vote on Huckleberry Finn For and Against articles. Notes: Satire definition, how to discuss satire in a rhetorical analysis essay, video samples.
Due: Finish Huckleberry Finn For and Against article assignment. Read Huckleberry Finn through Chapter 20 (page 136 of the library version).
Homework: Please read Chapters 21-25 (page 172 of the library version). You're about to learn more about the scam artistry of the Duke and the Dauphin - be ready to discuss what Twain is saying about American society/culture and whether or not his satire is relevant today.
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