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January 11th

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If I were a sea creature, I’d be the noble sea manatee. Don’t ask why.

We are starting The Metamorphosis today! I have paper copies in class and the pdf (and other resources) can be found in Schoology. Make sure that when you are reading that if you use a source like Shmoop (my favorite) or SparkNotes that you still read the story. We are not focusing on plot and character recall – we are going to working with language and ideas, so if you only read the summary, this is not going to help you with textual evidence and the language.

If people do not use this time to read, then that tells me that there is no need to give class time to read. If everyone is going to read outside of class, I will use the time in class for something else.

We read the first few pages today and you have tomorrow to read silently in class. That means you’ll be responsible for reading the rest before class on Tuesday. You can either read it all in one go or read about ten pages a day. Just don’t put it all off until the last minute – give yourself time to appreciate Kafka!

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1/31/2012

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We started out making a prediction – what do you think is going to happen today based on the list of words that Riley gave us in class:

Beowulf Prediction

 Then we read The Monster’s Lair and the Battle with Grendel’s Mother – GRRR! FIGHTING! ATTACK!

We then sneezed about snow, and then we worked on a snow globe:

 

This is a Disney snowglobe with elements that show the setting of Disney.

Choose either Herot or Grendel’s Mother’s swamp and create a snow globe with at least five objects that show you understand the setting.

When we finished, we worked on our Foil Flip Doll.