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Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

NOTE: Federal Survey Card (Extra Credit if returned within a week)

2.  Your Goodreads Book Review is due Monday, Oct 12th.  I will give you time tomorrow to get it posted on Goodreads.  Compose a draft of your review before then following the RUBRIC. You received a hard copy of the rubric yesterday, and there is a link to it on my blog under "Important Links."
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3.  For today -- finish your response to "Federigo's Falcon" in your ENGLISH JOURNAL.  If you have finished that, you might work on your book review.

HOMEWORK:  Book Review

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Good Morning! 
Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive. 
"How far that little candle throws its beams!  So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
                                                                                      -- William Shakespeare 

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

2.  Your Goodreads Book Review is due Monday, Oct 12th.  I will give you time on Friday to get it posted on Goodreads.  Compose a draft of your review before then following the RUBRIC. You will receive a hard copy of the rubric today, and there is a link to it on my blog under "Important Links."
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4.  "Federigo's Falcon" -- Please open your English Journal in your Google Drive  and complete the following written response to "Federigo's Falcon":
      1.  Begin by referring to the title and the author and make
           a statement about the theme. (What truth does this story
           express?)
     2.   Give a brief synopsis of the story.
     3.   Discuss at least two cultural influences in the story.
     4.  Discuss character motivation for each of the main 
          characters.
     5.  Conclude by giving your opinion of the story. 

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading. Start composing your book review.

"Federigo's Falcon"

Good Morning! 
Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive.

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

2.  Your Goodreads Book Review is due Monday, Oct 12th.  I will give you time on Friday to get it posted on Goodreads.  Compose a draft of your review before then following the RUBRIC.
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3.  "Federigo's Falcon" -- Please open your English Journal in your Google Drive  and complete the following written response to "Federigo's Falcon":
      1.  Begin by referring to the title and the author and make
           a statement about the theme. (What truth does this story
           express?)
     2.   Give a brief synopsis of the story.
     3.   Discuss at least two cultural influences in the story.
     4.  Discuss character motivation for each of the main 
          characters.
     5.  Conclude by giving your opinion of the story. 

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading. 

"Federigo's Falcon"

Good Morning! 
". . . . then to herself she commended the greatness of his spirit, which no poverty was able or would be able to diminish;. . ."

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

2. "Federigo's Falcon"  -- Today we will review the handout on the influence of culture and character motivation in literature. 

Giovanni Boccaccio
Born	1313 Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy
Died	21 December 1375 (aged 62) Certaldo, Tuscany, Italy
Occupation	writer, poet
Nationality	Italian
Period	late Middle Ages
Federigo'sFalcon

Falconry

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"Federigo's Falcon"

Good Morning! 
My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.
(Romeo and Juliet, 2.2.139-41)
 

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

2. Paper Return -- Keep your papers filed until the end of the grading period.

3.  "Federigo's Falcon"  -- You read this story in pairs.  You took turns reading. You have answered the questions that appear after the paragraphs, and today you are completing the handout on the influence of culture and character motivation in literature.

Culture: the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
culture:the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group:
Motivation: the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"Federigo's Falcon"

Good Morning!
"A man is but the product of his thoughts.  What he thinks, he becomes."  (Gandhi)

1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes.

2.  I will collect your assignments on "The Interloper" today -- the handout on setting and the questions on the story.

3.  "Federigo's Falcon"  -- You will read this story in pairs.  One of you will read and the other will listen and follow along.  The student who listens will then explain what happens in the paragraph or the main ideas of the paragraph.  Answer the questions that appear after some of the paragraphs.  Take turns with the reading and explaining. Once you are done reading, complete the handout with your partner.  Partner up with another student in your group.

Culture: the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
culture:the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group:
Motivation: the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading

"The Interloper"

Good Morning!
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion,
some compassion, some humor, and some style.
                      MAYA ANGELOU 

Please get your assigned netbook when you arrive to class.

NOTE: Please put your cell phone entirely away when you enter the classroom and keep it put away until you leave.

  1.  Independent Reading -- Please have your independent reading book out and read for approximately 10 minutes while your netbook powers up.

2.  ENGLISH JOURNAL Assignment:  Write a brief essay on "The Interlopers."  Begin with a statement of the theme. What does the author want to tell us? Provide a brief synopsis and include details of the setting which contribute to the theme. Explain why the story ends the way it does. Be sure to refer to the title and author at the beginning.    (Identify this assignment with the title of the story.)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading