**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1101: WKEND HW J#6 DUE COMPLETED/READY FOR CLASS MON. 10/6**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1101

HW DUE MON. 10/6:

OVER THE WKEND, & BEFORE CLASS BEGINS MON. 10/6, in the 'SEMESTER/YEAR JOURNALS' SECTION OF YOUR BINDER, COMPLETE:

JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE RE: photojournalist Susan Sontag's QUOTE below concerning war experiences and the civilian perspective (**A JOURNAL PAGE/INFO/MODEL for this response is LINKED ON this wkend's CLASSROOM POST and a PINK hard copy was given to you in class today FRI. 10/3, and, again, the quote to respond to is ALSO COPIED HERE BELOW--->):

We--this "we" is everyone who has never experienced anything like what [these war dead] went through--don't understand. We don't get it. We truly can't imagine what it was like. We can't imagine how dreadful, how terrifying war is; and how normal it becomes. Can't understand, can't imagine. That's what every soldier, and every journalist and aid worker and independent observer who has put in time under fire, and had the luck to elude the death that struck down others nearby, stubbornly feels. And they are right. (126) 
-from Regarding the Pain of Others

**Consider Sontag's comments above about the nature of war, the 'civilian disconnect,' and WRITE/FREE RESPOND in an **open-ended manner that you feel is appropriate

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**A FEW NOTES RE: OPEN-ENDED JOURNAL RESPONSES: 

• TYPED/PRINTED ON YOUR OWN!!! or WRITTEN, 150-200 words (**Y'ALL REMEMBER: BE PROACTIVE; I HAVE NO *EXTRA* TIME FOR PRINTING, SO GET IT TO ME EARLY!!!)

• ARGUE/DEFEND/RHETORICALLY ANALYZE/USE A PERSONAL ANECDOTE/MAKE A CONNECTION TO OTHER TEXTS WE'VE/YOU'VE READ; ANY/MANY OF THESE!!!!

• FOLLOW THE GUIDE and INSTRUCTIONS/TIPS SHEET LINKED ON THE CLASSROOM POST (**PINK SHEET GIVEN TO YOU IN CLASS FRI. 10/3) WITH THIS SONTAG JOURNAL PROMPT/QUOTE 
• these 150-200-WORD JOURNAL RESPONSES are for discussion purposes, whether your response be RHETORICAL, ARGUMENTATIVE, READER RESPONSE-BASED, TANGENTIAL, etc.

**REGARDLESS, it's *been a minute* since y'all have had writing response HW, so DO NOT RUIN THIS OPPORTUNITY OR SABOTAGE YOUR GRADE. 

THIS IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT, & YOU HAVE THE WEEKEND to get your response COMPLETED; PLEASE HAVE a WRITTEN/TYPED J#6 response with you IN CLASS MONDAY 10/3 FOR DISCUSSION (**OR SENT WAYYY AHEAD OF TIME to me to print!!) 

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**AND, SOME USEFUL, "GRADE-SAVING" FINAL THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER HERE AS WE END THE 9th WEEK OF THE SEMESTER: 

• CHECK THE CLASSROOM/REMIND FROM ME EACH NIGHT
• HAVE YOUR COURSE BINDER WITH YOU DAILY
• BE *PRESENT*--mind AND body--AND PARTICIPATE
• PUT CELL PHONES/COMPUTERS AWAY--JAIL, or DAILY POINTS OFF YOUR GRADE!

**ATTENTION 3rd HAmLit: REMINDERS/INSTRUCTIONS/MISC. FOR THURS. 10/2 through TUES. 10/7 CLASSWORK/LESSON and JOURNAL #6 F451/"Dover Beach" MIDTERM WRITTEN RESPONSE**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

**IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR IN-CLASS LESSON and J#6 WRITTEN RESPONSE from THURS. 10/2 to TUES. 10/7:**

1) come to class tomorrow FRI. 10/3 expecting to intro into and start the following: 

• FIRST we'll start on and go as far as we can in class with our reading/notes/discussion RE: BRADBURY'S INCLUSION OF MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 19th century poem "DOVER BEACH" IN F451 (WRITING section of binder/given to you THURS. 10/2)

2) THEN MON. 10/6 we'll FINISH UP and RECAP everything we accomplished/learned and took notes on RE: the poem "Dover Beach" and Bradbury's use of it in F451 

3) FINALLY, ALL CLASS TUES. 10/7, be ready to complete and SUBMIT BY THE END OF CLASS an IN-CLASS (formal/graded) **MIDTERM WRITING CHECK-IN** JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE regarding our last 2-3 day's worth of  PRESENTATION and NOTES/DISCUSSION RE: Bradbury's inclusion of the poem "Dover Beach" within his novella F451

• the specific question for you to answer and ALL instructions/requirements for this FORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT will be given Wednesday in class before you write

• **Also, below is the LINK to the F451/"Dover Beach" relationship/tie-in WE WILL BE DISCUSSING/TAKING NOTES ON FRI. 10/3 and MON. 10/6, **especially the last two sections "Common Themes" and "Lost Humanity" (*also linked on the Classroom post for these days/this lesson): 

F451 and "Dover Beach": Why Bradbury Included the Poem in His Novella

• AGAIN, MORE INFO/instructions FOR THIS IN-CLASS WRITING/JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT TBA EACH DAY AS WE BEGIN, FRI. 10/2 through TUES. 10/7, but THIS RESPONSE is your BEST CHANCE thus far to show me how much you can incorporate everything we've practiced over the past 9-10 weeks RE: formal analysis writing skills

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• AND IMPORTANT: FOR THIS J#6 RESPONSE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU EACH DAY/THROUGH THE LAST DAY(s) BEFORE FALL BREAK! 
• **you'll need it for your IN-CLASS JOURNAL #6 RESPONSE, and after completion of the journal, we'll [finally] return the book to the library!

**ATTENTION 3HAmLiT: CLASSWORK/ASSIGNMENT FOR MON. 9/22 *AND/OR* HW DUE COMPLETED TUES. 9/23**

3rd Honors American Lit./Comp.

MON. 9/22 CLASS WORK/*or* HW REMINDER TO COMPLETE DUE BEFORE CLASS BEGINS TUES. 9/23:

In the WRITING SECTION of your binder, IF YOU DID NOT COMPLETE IT TODAY MON. 9/22 IN CLASS, BEFORE CLASS TOMORROW TUES. 9/23, MAKE SURE you've completed the "PRACTICE 10: TRANSITIONAL WORDS" sheet (GIVEN TO YOU ON TUES. 9/24 **AND LINKED ON CLASSROOM as PDF) [FRONT OF SHEET ONLY!!!!]: 

--NOTE AGAIN: YOU HAVE *ALL* CLASS TIME MON. 9/22 to work on this as I finish meeting w/students individually RE: their F451 extended para. draft revisons/etc. during class!

• EVERYONE please REWRITE OR TYPE YOUR TRANSITIONS ASSIGNMENT and add effective transitions/transitional elements to PARAGRAPHS #1, #2 (AS ASSIGNED TO YOU), and EVERYONE WILL HAVE #3 as a practice skill/application for your own graded writing assignments
• **PRO TIP: use the *TRANSITIONS/SIGNAL WORDS* LIST (back side of POWER VERBS SHEET/WRITING SECTION) given to you in class last week to help you complete this assignment--IT'S A VALUABLE RESOURCE!!! :)

**SO....you ALL will come to class TUES. 9/23 with TWO PARAGRAPHS [either #1 or #2 as assigned/EVERYONE #3] rewritten OR **typed (**with a PRINTED hard copy--it's YOUR responsibility if you choose to go this route--YOU print *or* GET TO ME/SHARE EARLY!!) with added transitions

 

--be prepared to share your improvements/additions in class TUES. 9/23 for weekly CCR/participation points!!

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**ALSO PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU TO CLASS EVERY DAY; we're not done with it just yet!