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Tyngsborough High School – English Department

Archive for October 14th, 2008

American Lit

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 14th October 2008

We worked on body paragraphs and the conclusion of the essay today.  Tomorrow, students will work on the essay in class.  It will be the last day to do so.

HOMEWORK:  Continue to work on essay.

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Journalism

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 14th October 2008

We watched a video today demonstrating the basic operation of Adobe InDesign.  Tomorrow we will do some hands on training.

HOMEWORK:  Continue to revise articles.

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War Lit

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 14th October 2008

We began by setting the deadline for the out of class Type IV writing on The Kite Runner. On October 21, students will turn in an essay addressing the following prompt:

Compare and contrast the father/son relationships in The Kite Runner with those in Angela’s Ashes.

There will also be an in class essay on The Kite Runner on October 23.

Here is the full link for The Kite Runner evaluations.

HOMEWORK: Finish reading the novel by Friday.

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