Read the following poems.  Discuss them.  Do you see a sequence in the poems?  What ideas do they have in common?  Note contrasts.  What is the basis for the similarities and differences?  Use the questions that accompany the poems for guidelines in your discussion.

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English 4 (H)

"Practice what you wish to become."

-Benjamin Franklin

Course Description

Course Standards

Shakespeare Link 

literarylink.com

Harvard Writing Center

A Gallery of Archetypes Archetypes 101 Archetypes Myths and Characters Archetypes Cowden

Ancient Greek Drama & Theatre Greek Drama/Culture Greek Drama Classic/Western Civilization

Tips for film viewing:  Part I   Part II

Prufrock

Bring your binder and commonplace book to class every day.

September 2010

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  Textbook

Intertextuality

Literacy

Connections

Recursiveness 		1
TEXT : Ch. 2

Reader's Notebook

Writing From Reading- Four Steps

Write:
"Company Man"		 2

TEXT: Ch. 3

"Story of an Hour" p. 221

Read: "The Other Wife"    p. 237		 3

TEXT: Ch. 4

Write: "The Other Wife"

Commonplace Books- Share		 4
5 6
Labor Day		 7
Read: "Woman on a Roof"  p. 240

Write in
 Journal

Review Cornell Notes		 8
"Woman on a Roof"
Annotations/
Questions
Comments
Summaries
Connections		 9
Lecture: "The Art of Reading"

Cornell Notes

HW: Comments on lecture		 10
Commonplace Book

Close Reading
Formalism		 11
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August 2010

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Turn in Introductions

Discuss Cornell Notes on Study

Summer Reading: Book Notes

Seating/Groups
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Summer Reading: Book Notes

Complete
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Summer Reading

Class Discussion

Assignment
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Summer Reading


TEST
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Compare stories

Preference/Taste
vs
Standards
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Bring TEXT and journal until further notice

Carry commonplace book every day

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May 2010

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 May 3,4,,5- Prepare presentations/discussions of critical perspectives on 1984.
Marxist reading, Formalist reading, Mythological/Archetypal reading.		 1
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Class presentations/ discussions

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Class presentations/ discussions

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Our
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Town
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Our
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Town

Review Sheets
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Review Sheets
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast
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Disneyland
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Disneyland
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Our Town
Act III

Compare/ Contrast

 GROUPS
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Our Town

Compare/ Contrast

Group Reports
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Review
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Review
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Semester Exam Essay in class
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April 2010

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Holy
Thursday
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Good Friday
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Easter
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Break

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Easter
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Break
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Easter
Break
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1984


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1984

to page 147
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1984

to page 157
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1984

to page 167
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1984

to page 184
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1984
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1984 		28
1984
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1984
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Founders
Day
No Class
  



March 2010

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Saturday
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This week: Finish Hamlet

Reading Character
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Gertrude
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Character Groups
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Claudius
Ophelia
Laertes
Polonius
Horatio



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Character Readings
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Hamlet Film

Instructions for Essay

Reading of Hamlet
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Hamlet Film
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Hamlet Film
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Hamlet Film
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Hamlet

Review
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Hamlet

TEST
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No class
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Hamlet

Interp
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Hamlet

Essay draft due

Idea Exchange
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February 2010

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Oedipus
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Oedipus
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Oedipus
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Shakespeare

Bio

Theater

Tragedy
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Shakespeare

Tragedy

Lecture

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7
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Hamlet

Background
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Hamlet

Act I
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Hamlet
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Hamlet

Act II
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Hamlet
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Q/A Sheets for Acts I & II
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MLK
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Hamlet

Act III
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Hamlet
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Hamlet

Act IV
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Hamlet

Review
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Hamlet

Act V
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Hamlet
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Hamlet

Analysis

Interpretation
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Hamlet
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Hamlet

Reading Character
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January 2010

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End of Sem 1
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Drama/Tragedy

Oedipus Background
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Oedipus

Prologue


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Oedipus

Scene 1
Ode 1
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Oedipus

Scene 2
Ode 2
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Oedipus

Scene 3
Ode 3
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Oedipus

Scene 4
Ode 4
Exodos
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Oedipus

Discussion
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Oedipus

Discussion
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Oedipus

Test
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Oedipus
Essay due
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December 2009

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Poetry
Speaker/Dramatic Sityation
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Poetry

Naming of Parts
 		3
Poetry

Fueled
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Poetry

Pitcher(s)
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Poetry

The Centaur


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Poetry

Grecian Urn

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Poetry


Meter/Rhythm
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Poetry

Sound Devices
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Poetry

Writing
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Poetry Review

Ferlinghetti
Meinke
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Poetry

Definitions



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Poetry
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Poetry
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Poetry
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Be sure to have your copy of Lord of the Flies in class on October 2.

November 2009

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This Week: Finishing Flies
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This week:
Applying -ism's
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Veterans Day
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Essay Prompts
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"What Makes a Good Poem"

Voc. Ex. p. 68
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Poetry
"Noiseless Patient Spider"

Voc. Ex. p. 70
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"To An Athlete Dying Young"
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Essay prompts  Q/A

Poetry
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Essay prompts  Q/A

Poetry
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Essay prompts  Q/A

Poetry
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Essay prompts  Q/A

Poetry
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Essays Due


Poetry
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THANKS-
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GIVING
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BREAK
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THANKS- GIVING
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NO CLASS
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October 2009

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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 1
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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 2
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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 3
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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 4
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Lord of the Flies

Ch. 5
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Columbus Day
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Lord of the Flies

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Testing
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Lord of the Flies
Ch.7
Classicism

Vocab Ex
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Lord of the Flies
Ch. 8
Puritanism

Vocab  Quiz #4
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Lord of the Flies
Ch. 9

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Lord of the Flies
Ch. 10
Romanticism

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Lord of the Flies
Ch. 11
Transcendentalism

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Lord of the Flies
Ch. 12

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Lord of the Flies

Realism
Vocab: Pre #5
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Lord of the Flies

Artful Reading Ch. 12
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Lord of the Flies

Realism
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Lord of the Flies

Naturalism

Vocab Ex p. 61
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Lord of the Flies

Vocab Ex p. 63
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Lord of the Flies

Vocab Quiz #5
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September 2009

Sunday

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday
 Monday: ARTFUL READING  "The Demon Lover"
Read- Formalist Questions		 1
"The Story of an Hour" p. 221

Vocab. Ex. p. 24

Journal Entry
2
"The Other Wife" p. 237

Vocab. Ex. p. 26

Journal Entry
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"Woman of a Roof" p. 240


Journal Entry
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Vocab Quiz #1

Commonplace Books

Review
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This week essay writing


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Lecture: Point of view/narrator


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Vocab #2 preview
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Matthew Arnold

Definition of Criticism
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Vocab Ex. p.31 due

In-class writing
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Essay due

Vocab Ex. p. 33 due

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Vocab Quiz #2
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Matthew Arnold
Rick Moody
Ben Feller

Reading/
Criticism
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Lecture:
Characterization
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Project Instructions & Questions
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Vocab Preview #3
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Textbook: Groups Chapters 7,8,9
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Story

Project: Questions
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Vocab Ex p. 38

 		Thursday: Vocab Ex p. 40
Friday: Vocab Quiz #3
Lord of the Flies: Book in class 






August 2009

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Be sure to bring your Literature Books on Monday, August 24.    1
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Orientation
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Course description and procedures

Seats

Reading/Great books
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Bring your summer reading books to class.

Steve Allen
Mortimer Adler
Michael Dirda
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Cont'd

What makes a book great?
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Cont'd
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Summer Reading project
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Bring your Lit Book to class:
Reading and Writing from Literature

Ch. 1 A Conversation Model for Writing and Reading
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Intertextuality

HW: Read Ch. 3 Building a Reading Notebook
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The Reading Notebook

HW: Read Ch 4

The Commonplace Book
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n Class: "Appointment with Love'

HW: Read
"The Chaser"
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Vocabulary Books

Preview of Unit 1

Compare two stories
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