Wednesday, September 19, 2012

*September 19

JOURNAL TOPIC: ["Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett; "Strength, Courage & Wisdom" by India Arie]

Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden observed, "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."  Briefly describe your character and your reputation.  What differences do you see between the two?

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Reading quiz: your American novel
3. Writers' conferences/vocab study

HW:
1. Choose a novel if you haven't yet & bring it to class tomorrow (p.1 don't disappoint Bernardo!; p.2 don't disappoint Kristina!)
2. Vocab

7 comments:

  1. Bring the actual book to school tomorrow? Or know what book we want tomorrow?

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    1. Bring the actual book. That way: a) you'll have something to read when you get sick of vocabulary, and b) you'll have a head start on the weekend homework.

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  2. Awe Man.. i dont have the book.. we can get it from the library right??

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  3. How do we know if our book is an American novel?

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    1. You can Google the authors name, normally it will tell you if he/she is American or not.

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    2. You can also look up where the book was published. If you're unsure you can always ask.

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