It turns out that I have a sinus and chest infection, so I won't be there today. I WILL be at work tomorrow, coughs and all :-). Here's the in class assignment for today. This is what your sub received:
- Have students take a Scarlet Letter book. They are located in a crate on the overhead cart (sitting in front of the room. There are two sets of books there: The Sun Also Rises (those are yellow) and The Scarlet Letter.
- Working in pairs (only) Tell them they have the class period to read and annotate (on paper) the first 10 pages(approximately 5 minutes per page) of the "Custom House" introduction of the Scarlet letter. They must be able to identify speaker, audience, and purpose. They must also establish the author's use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
- They must turn in what they've finished. No exceptions. They must be ready for a reading check quiz tomorrow.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT "THE CUSTOM HOUSE" PORTION IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF THE TEXT TO READ. IT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY I'VE ALLOWED YOU TO WORK IN PAIRS ON THIS (ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE). DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BOOKS HOME (TODAY) AND SPARKNOTES WON'T SAVE YOU FROM MY READING CHECK QUIZZES. :-)
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Ms. Brown the sub told us not to take the books home and some of us didn't finish reading it. So are we still taking the quiz tomorrow.
Looking forward to that quiz tomorrow (cough NOT!) :-). But i also did not finish reading because i left early to attend a meeting with a college representative from the University of Chicago. Hope you feel better soon!!!
Randa and I were at the meeting with Siarra and didn't finish the story, either. Just informing you. Hope you get well soon. You should get a lot of rest :).
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