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Write a feature story about the alumni whose letter you read.  Write the story using Google Docs, then share (or “collaborate”) the document with me and your partners if you know their email.

For Thursday, 11/29, read pp. 30-37 and do the exercises on page 37 in your writer’s notebook.

For Friday, 11/30, read pp. 38 & 39 and do the exercises on page 39.

For Monday, read pp. 40-47 and do the exercises on page 47.

In your writer’s notebook, write a 200-300 word personality profile about the example alumni letter you received in class.

Finish the sample AP multiple choice passage and answer the questions about footnotes in your writer’s notebook.

You must complete the online NVC test by this Wednesday.  Go to the Win with Words web site and click on the “Take the Test Now” icon in the bottom left corner.  Be sure to enter the code 004 into the “Coach Code” part of the registration form. 

When you finish, print the screen that shows you completed the test.

Photography students: Add your comments to the class Voice Thread about Judge.

Bring a draft of a piece of writing that you can enter in a contest with you to class tomorrow.

The final draft of the contest entry, the completed entry form, and a stamped envelope is due in class, 11/20.

Write at least 10 questions you have when you reflect on all the reading and writing you’ve done this quarter both on paper and online. Then do some preliminary research on the question that most interests you. Bring three sources to class on Monday that may help you answer your question.

Choose one of the following books to read for 11/29.

Utopian works
Utopia, Sir Thomas More
The Republic, Plato

Distopian novels
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess

I’ll be making a couple of presentations and meetings on November 15-18 in New York City. Unfortunately that means I’ll be out of town for the second day of Parent-Teacher Conferences. So if you’d really like to talk face-to-face, you’ll need to stop by Wendesday.

Here are a couple of links to my presentation at the National Writing Project annual meeting and to my presentation I’ll be doing at the National Council of Teachers of English conference.