11/12/14

Today we had our Jekyll and Hyde discussion.  Students shared their research and provided background knowledge for the reading of Stevenson's novel. In addition, students finished the pithy quotations work, but we did not have time to share.  We will do so tomorrow.

A few important announcements:

• Our vocab quiz for the first section of the novel will take place on Monday, 11/17.  It covers only 14 words.  Prepare for these to get progressively more challenging.
• Homework tonight: read and annotate the essay Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle.  There is much going on in it rhetorically with diction and syntax and selection of detail and imagery.  Try to determine Doyle's message.  In other words, what should the reader understand as a result of having read the essay?  If you weren't in class, you can find the essay here: http://theamericanscholar.org/joyas-volardores/#.VGNjkfnF-So

The plan for Thursday and Friday is to present the pithy quotations, discuss Doyle's essay, read Story of the Door and write a brief rhetorical analysis that focuses on Stevenson's infusion of the concept of duality.  That should keep us busy.   There will be some essay reading assigned over the weekend and a new vocab crossword on Monday.