Sunday, May 11, 2014

Martian Chronicles: Day 2

Please turn in your homework (see post below for details).

Please read the short story "And the Moon Be Still as Bright" and complete the graphic organizer for participation credit for this story. Complete the story and organizer for homework if needed.

During period 8, please return to the lab to complete the following task:
  1. Choose a decade that you would like to research. You may pick any decade in time (period of 10 years). You may pick a culture or country outside of the U.S., if you'd like. 
  2. Once you have chosen a decade, please research the trends, events, styles, and important facts/history or details. Take notes of the important events. You may use the graphic organizer to help you organize your notes or write your notes in your journal.
  3. You will need these notes for our writing assignment (to be given Monday). 
HOMEWORK: Please complete the reading of the following stories "The Settlers", "The Green Morning", "The Locusts" for Wednesday, May 14.

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This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.