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Archive for April 3rd, 2009

American Lit

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 3rd April 2009

We continued to work on our personal essays.  I expect at least six paragraphs by Monday.

HOMEWORK:  Complete at least six paragraphs of the essay.

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War Literature

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 3rd April 2009

We worked on our Revolutionary War websites today.  Blog entries are due today.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading in your novel.

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Journalism

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 3rd April 2009

As a reward for meeting the sales quota, we had breakfast in the cafeteria.

HOMEWORK:  Articles due on Monday.

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Great Books B

Posted by Mr. Varnum on 3rd April 2009

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First I passed out the term four syllabus and Pygmalion assignments and copies of Pygmalion.

Then we moved to a Type II, 25 line writing assignment:

Support or refute the following statement:  there a social class system (a hierarchy of groups in a society) at work among the student body of Tyngsborough High School.

Following that, we had an excellent discussion on the topic.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading novel and read Pygmalion handout.

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