Summer School Day 2 (June 12)

This is what we did today:
1. We went to the library and checked out novels for our novel project.  This will be for the entire session, and the grade will be a sumative grade.

2. We did the first part of the homonyms packet.  This literally took the entire class less than half an hour.

3. We wrote a letter of introduction.  The information is below.

4. Read The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me, and answer questions 1-4.
     1. What figure of speech is the following, "We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear and government surplus food?"  What is the effect?
     2. In what ways does the description of Sherman Alexie's father play against the stereotype?
     3. What is the effect of Alexie's analogy of a paragraph to a fence (paragraph 3).
     4. What does Alexie mean when he describes "an Indian boy" who "grows into a man who often speaks of his childhood in the third-person" (paragraph 5)?

Letter of Introduction

Begin your paper with the date 12 June 2018, then go to the next line and write Dear Ms. Coffey.  Skip a line and begin writing your paper in letter format.  End your letter with sincerely, then go to next line and write your name in cursive, then print it underneath.

ü What is your name?

ü Where are you from?

ü What is your ethnic background?

ü Is English your first language?  Other languages?

ü Is your family active duty military?

ü Where did you go to school last year?  If EHS, who was your English teacher?

ü What is your favorite subject?  Why?

ü What is your greatest strength/weakness in English?

ü Extracurricular activities and hobbies?

ü What is your plan after high school (college, trade school, military, job)?

ü As your teacher, what is something important I need to know about you?