Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Standard 01-22-2014

Full day today.  You took a quiz over parallel structure and did pretty well overall. You had to think fast and you demonstrated a decent understanding of the concept.

Next on the agenda is finding an example of parallel structure in your everyday world.  As we discussed in class today I want you to locate an example of parallel structure in a book you are reading, the newspaper, a magazine, etc.  Type it up, identify the source and then explain why it is parallel structure in a couple of sentences.  Type it all up and turn it in to me anytime before next Wednesday, January 29.  Ten points riding on this one.

We talked a bit more about "Gil's Used Furniture" (Cisneros 450) focusing on characters, summary and theme.  We have discussed the story thoroughly and now for tonight's homework I need you to send me an email.  My address is <pomalley@phm.k12.in.us>.  In the email you should identify the theme of the story and offer an explanation--supported by the text--that explains why it is the theme.  Send it to me by midnight tonight.  Five points for completing this successfully.

We'll be looking at a poem tomorrow that shares a theme with "Gil's..."  We will talk about Lemon Brown's treasure and see if it has a theme too.  We'll also look at anaphora and parallel structure a bit more closely.  
See you soon.

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