Week #2 August 29-September 2, 2011

Literature: Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"
Writing: Using Precise Adjectives
Vocabulary: calibrated, consternation, cower, hindrance, luminous, symmetry, synchronizing, vague, vigilance, wince, indomitable, omen, unavailing, voluble, withered


Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - due: August 29, Monday
- Bio-poem - due: August 30, Tuesday
- Sentence homework - due: Sept. 1, Thursday


Activities
Monday
1. Take the novel and vocabulary test: David Klass' You Don't Know Me.
2. Review elements of fiction and plot from last week's "Red" sponge activity.
3. Receive new vocabulary handout.
4. Receive science fiction elements handout. 


Tuesday
1. Warm-up on vocabulary and collect finished bio-poems.
2. Respond to an anticipation prompt and write a 1/2 page response.
3. Begin reading Connell's "Harrison Bergeron" and use  the provided guide questions to further understanding of the story.


Wednesday
1. Warm-up on vocabulary.
2. Continue redaing the short story and annotate.

Thursday
1. Continue reading the short story and annotate.
2. Work on short story questions.

Friday
1. Continue work on the short story questions.
2. Discuss questions.