Week #4 September 12-16, 2011

Literature: Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder"
Writing: Literary Analysis
Vocabulary: aurora, revoke, primeval, taint, teeming, remit, graft, chaos, comparable, cavernous, pelvic, gauze, Butterfly Effect, sterilize, disproportion

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes - due: Monday, Sept. 12
- Literary Analysis Essay - due: TBA
- Direct and Indirect Characterization  - due: TBA

Activities:
Monday
1. Take Quiz #4 - "A Sound of Thunder" vocabulary quiz and "Harrison Bergeron" literary quiz.
2. Discuss "A Sound of Thunder" study questions.

Tuesday
1. Take "A Sound of Thunder" reading check.
2. Go over the reading check.
3. Work on direct and indirect analysis of characters in ASOT.

Wednesday
1. Warm- up: ASOT figurative language. Use Literary Glossary of Terms.
2. Discuss activity.
3. Write introduction for literary analysis essay. Peer review.

Thursday
1. Edit and proofread intro.
2. Write second and third body paragraphs.
3. Peer review.

Friday
1. Edit and proofread body and add a third.
2. Write the conclusion and edit and proofread rough draft.
3. Take home draft and write or type final draft. Follow a format.