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We took the test on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn today.

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We took a look some other literature from the Civil War period:  Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and a couple of poems from Walt Whitman (right), “A Sight in Camp” and “The Artilleryman’s Vision”.  Click here for the texts.

HOMEWORK:  Test on The Killer Angels on Wednesday, 3/4.

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We took a quiz on Invisible Man chapters 13-15 today and then discussed the narrator’s first speech in front of the mob in Harlem protesting an eviction.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading in Invisible Man

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We began discussing the recent article about Tyngsborough exploring regionalizing parts of the school district with Pelham, NH.  There were two articles:  Pelham may consider two-state school plan in the Eagle Tribune and Due to financial crisis, Tyngsboro extends school regionalization invite in The Lowell Sun.  We began to brainstorm questions for the Superintendent.

After that, we shared other story ideas from the Story Generators the students handed in today.

HOMEWORK:  Finish poll articles for Monday.

We used the period to work on the Ralph Ellison websites.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading the novel.

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We looked at the complex relationship between Lee, Longstreet and J.E.B. Stuart (right) today.  We looked at how Lee chose to reprimand Stuart without embarrassing him.  We began to look at Longstreet’s final plea to Lee to retreat before the final battle at Gettysburg.

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We spent the period reviewing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for the test tomorrow.  We chose significant quotes from the novel and tried to figure out what Twain was trying to say about America with them.

HOMEWORK:  Study for test.

I showed the students a website which will create simple pie charts we can then import into our newspaper as JPG files.  Students then worked on creating the charts and working on the articles which will accompany them.

HOMEWORK:  Story Generators are due on Friday.  Articles due on Monday.

We did our one minute drill for the second part of Invisible Man.  Discussion centered around the symbolism of the Liberty Paint Company.

HOMEWORK:  Continue working on the websites and continue reading in the novel.  The next deadline for reading is page 444 by March 10.

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We took a quiz today on the Battle of Little Round Top (right), focusing on Colonel Chamberlain’s decision during the battle.

After that, we talked about the battle.

HOMEWORK:  Review Pickett’s Charge for tomorrow.