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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: March 2013
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Thursday, March 21, 2013. Reading Camus' The Stranger on Subtext. By Albert Camus on Subtext. At the start of every class, open Subtext and for 10 minutes read. For what seems important to you. For Style (the way it is written tells us a lot about Camus’ purpose). COMMENT or DISCUSS at least once every other page. Make your comments insightful or pose questions. TAG for key ideas: important. EMOTION, or lack of it. By Wed. April 10. Annotate...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: Write Camus Essay (due Sunday)
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Monday, April 29, 2013. Write Camus Essay (due Sunday). Every day this week! Include all of the following:. Maybe one more body paragraph. CONCLUSION: (maybe include a personal connection here about detaching from Buckley? Finish reading the book. By Monday 4/29: INTRO PARAGRAPH. By Thursday or Friday 5/3: 2nd body or CONCLUSION. SUNDAY May 5 upload your proofread essay to Turnitin.com and to NetClassroom's Dropbox. Forman # (in header). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: Camus' THE STRANGER end of part I
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Camus' THE STRANGER end of part I. Note: read to p. 64 by Thursday, p.79 by Monday. The end of Part I of The Stranger is building up to Marie and Meursault on the beach. Chapter 6 is important. At first, Meursault seems to be happy for the first time and thinks he will marry Marie. They swim and eat food. Then the men go for a walk. Stay tuned for what happens next! All pages are in subtext. By Wed. April 17 p. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: Words
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Here's a page where we can post interesting words (and even short phrases) to discuss and blog about:. Hollow (Conrad and Eliot). Fine fellows- cannibals (Conrad). The earth seemed unearthly (Conrad). The blind whiteness of the fog (Conrad). Round carved balls (Conrad). Id, ego, superego, unconscious (Freud). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). By THU/Fri. April 12 p.20-33. About style and how it matches the content and/or narrator's voice. The Artf...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: Homework
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Dr Forman’s Senior English. Also, check NetClassroom. Essay Due: Sun. Feb. 10. To Turnitin.com before midnight, also to dropbox, also a paper copy on Mon. Feb. 11). Question you will address:. Title/Topic of your Essay:. 3-5 pages. Include a Works Cited page, MLA citation and headers, a reference to Frederick Karl (or Ross Murfin.) Proofread to eliminate errors. Have something to say! Paragraph due on your blog. In-class and at home: write y...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: Camus Discussion Prompts
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Thursday, April 18, 2013. The idea of the thing. The experience of the thing. PARIS pigeons, dirty, pale. HOLLYWOOD stars on sidewalks. Respond to the following student reactions to The Stranger. Is very difficult to pin down. I really wish M. Meursault would just reveal himself. I find his character so baffling. Going on in life without a purpose seems to me pointless. But the others in my group think it’s okay! Meursault is a sponge. THINK...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: February 2013
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). Thursday, February 28, 2013. Monday: In-class writing about Kafka. Use your iPad or laptop, if you have one, to blog for 20-25 minutes, writing and exploring one of topics you will be given. Use your text to base what you’re saying on the actual words Kafka wrote. You can write directly into your blog or write in another application and then cut and paste it into your blog. Posssible topcis to contemplate:. 3 The ending of the novel. Open yo...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: Plans
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). HW due Mon: P&P to p90, ch 22, c=blog on passage. Lessons for week, show blogs, ‘working on’ tabs, planned activities, hw due, reading due, blogs due (3 days/week). Close reading of passages, teacher, indiv., paired. Short video clips from BBC, Knightly, Buckley. Why we still read Austen: skillful reading, satire, societal themes relevant, your form the questions,. How should we use iPads in English? T/W blog due on passage. Inquiry based le...
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                            
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                                        .                   read  write  think  discuss: FreeRead
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                                        Read write think discuss. Pages (click to see the page listed). What do students read when they have a choice? Here's what seniors are currently reading:. PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Stephen Chbosky. THIRTEEN REASONS WHY JAY ASHER. SHERLOCK HOLMES CONAN DOYLE. ENDER’S GAME ORSON SCOTT CARD. CLOCKWORK ORANGE ANTHONY BURGESS. HUNGER GAMES SUZANNE COLLINS. Here's what Dr Forman is reading:. Best Practice, 4th ed. Steven Zimelman, Harvey Daniels (Heinemann 2012). A Thousand Splendid Suns. Bring up the bodies.