H10+-+April+15+-+April+19

=Monday, April 15 - No English class= =English Department Project Day= = =

=Tuesday, April 16= >>> = = >> =Check out Fahrenheit 451= = =
 * =warm-up: Writing questions for the Socratic seminar=
 * =look at the articles you've read=
 * =Grit scale=
 * =Grit for writers=
 * =Bradbury on rejection letters=
 * =East vs. West education=
 * =The truth about grit questions=
 * =write three good questions for discussion=
 * =Socratic Seminar=

=Wednesday, April 17= = =
 * =Check out //Fahrenheit 451// if you didn't get it yesterday=
 * =do you still have //Antigone//? Return it!=
 * =Reading schedule for F451=
 * =make sure you get the schedule that matches your edition=
 * =Finish Socratic Seminar=

=Thursday, April 18= >> ===16. profusion, n. - a plentiful amount=== >> >> Mechanical Hound close reading = =
 * Sally Lowe subbing
 * =vocab warm-up=
 * ===13. distilled, adj. - purified or concentrated, as if by distillation===
 * ===14. ravenous, adj. - greedy; extremely hungry===
 * ===15. intuitively, adj. - through the senses rather than rational thought===

=Friday, April 19= >> Mechanical Hound writing >>
 * Sally Lowe subbing
 * ===vocab warm-up===
 * ===17. quaver, v. - to speak in a trembling voice===
 * ===18. rebut, v. - to refute; to offer opposing evidence===
 * ===19. oblivion, n. - the state of being forgotten; destroyed beyond remembering===
 * ===20. scapegoat, v. - someone forced to take the blame for others===
 * tell a risky story or describe a scary or creepy character