8G+-+Periods+2,+3,+4+(2011-2012)

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Refugee Article []

A Christmas Carol













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__Week 12: 11/14-11/18__ Unit 2 Test Study Guide:

Objectives for Unit 2 Test: 16. Read, interpret, and analyze various Poe short stories and/or poems 17. discuss the use of literary devices, tone, and style 18. understand and analyze irony 19. Analyze the characterization of Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Big Questions for Unit 2 Test: 8. How do writers deal with life's reality or escape the reality? 9. Is it better to act from the mind or from the heart? 10. How does "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" still capture the imagination of readers today?

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__Week 11: 11/7 - 11/10__ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Due 11/10 - GUM 3 Homework

__Week 10: 10/31 - 11/4__

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Prezi on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow []

__Week 9: 10/24 - 10/28__ Monday- Test Tuesday - Edgar Allan Poe Biography Video []

Wednesday - Friday - The Raven Audio by Christopher Walken http://instruct.uwo.ca/mit/204f/audio/raven.mp3 []

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__Week 8 10/17-10/21__ Finish Flowers for Algernon

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__Week 4: 9/19-9/23__

__Week 3: 9/12-9/16__ 9/14-Writer's Notebook-" Take a few moments to write about the last week of your life – a lot has happened! Feel free to write about the flood, recovery effort, 9-11, or something else that has been going on in your life."

9/15 - Writer's Notebook- " Write about a really good (or bad) elementary school memory. Try and record specific details about the who, what, where, when, (why?) and how."

9/16 - __The Circuit__ - answer Q's 4, 9, 10, 11, 13

__Week 2: 9/5-9/9__ 6 Word Memoirs

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