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Archive for January 23rd, 2009

Great Books B

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 23rd January 2009

I presented the Invisible Man reading schedule (available on line at the “Great Books Seminar” link above) and we continued watching Minority Report.

HOMEWORK:  The first 150 pages of the novel must be read by February 2.

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War Literature

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 23rd January 2009

We continued watching Letters from Iwo Jima today.

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American Literature

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 23rd January 2009

We did our first blog posts today.  Here is the link to the class blogs.

HOMEWORK:  Finish reading Chapters 1-13 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Prepare for quiz on Monday.

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Journalism

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 23rd January 2009

We began by brainstorming question ideas for the phone interview this afternoon with Jesse McCartney.

After that, we had our budget meeting for the next issue.

HOMEWORK:  Story Generators due on Monday.

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American Lit Web Logs

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 23rd January 2009

Click on the student’s name to access his/her weblog:

Cheyanne

Bill

Ashley

Courtney

Katie

David

Joe

Shawn

Dominic

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