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Tyngsborough High School – English Department

Archive for March 24th, 2009

Great Books A

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 24th March 2009

Cover of Cover of Pygmalion

Students used the period to decide which play we would read as a class:

They also used the time to begin work on the Time 100 novel project.

HOMEWORK:  Find the book you are doing for your project.

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War Literature

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 24th March 2009

Students used the time to work on their reading or their websites for the American Revolution projects.

HOMEWORK:  First reading web log entry due on Thursday.

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American Lit

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 24th March 2009


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We watched The Belle of Amherst, a video about Emily Dickinson.

HOMEWORK:  Read “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” from p. 324-330 and answer reading check questions on 330.  Take notes that you can use on the quiz tomorrow.

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Journalism

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 24th March 2009

The internet was down, so we used the time to plan our next issue.  We posted article titles on the board and discussed potential new ideas.

HOMEWORK:  Stringbooks and story generators are due tomorrow.

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