B Moore: In the Loop: Week at a Glance: March 8-12

Writing 12

This week during our online classes you should be working on your memoir revisions. Create a drafts folder and start collecting these drafts. Be sure to save a version of your memoir after each time you work it through. I'll ask you to hand in these revisions with your final memoir, SO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!! You should already have the highlighted version (from last week) in your drafts folder and labelled as Draft #1.
Macro-revision #1: balance your setting, characterization, and dialogue according to the highlighting activity we did last week in class and save this new draft - print it and put it in your drafts folder. Label it Draft #2.
Macro-revision #2: Do a wordle (http://www.wordle.net/create). Consider if the biggest words are really the words you want the most repeated. If not, do a CTL F in your memoir to find those words and revise them out. Print out your new draft, label it Draft #3 and print out your wordle and put both in your drafts folder.

English 11

"Searching For Bobby Fischer" film study, assignment due date TBD.
You will write a one page response to one of the following questions:
Consider Josh's qualities and how they motivate the plot.
After his initial cynicism, Bruce takes a great interest in Josh. Besides money, what motivates his mentorship? Why?
Bruce and Vinnie are in opposition, though both act as mentors to Josh. What does this contrast suggest? (consider Josh, the theme, what each of these men represent).
Write about a central theme in the story, and how it is relevant to the plot.
"Play the man, not the board". What does Vinnie mean by this? Why is this significant to the theme of the movie?
Fred Waitzkin changes the way he fathers Josh. Why? Explain with evidence.

English 11 Pre-AP

English 8

We will be reading (and performing) "Romeo and Juliet", act 1, sc i - Monday
Act 1, sc ii and iii - Wednesday
Act 1, sc iv and v - Friday
Homework assigned on Monday and due on Wednesday:
"Romeo is a hopeless romantic and falls in love easily. Is this true? Is romanticism a good or bad quality?"
Please keep all handouts (including discussion questions) provided to you. Put them in your binder immediately!

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