- Today in class: Achieve 3000 articles and multiple choice activities only: "Age of Revolution: One Idea, Lots of Hard Work" and "Earth's Cousin" (due at end of class today; anything time stamped after class today will not be accepted [the only exception is for students who are absent today])
- If you finish early, get started on your homework.
- Homework:
- Complete Julius Caesar Anticipation Guide for Day 1's discussion (in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar packet, distributed today)
- Read background information in textbook p. 532-543 (Remember, the instructions for using the online textbook are on My Big Campus.)
- Check to make sure SchoolNet Secure Tester software is loaded onto your laptop
- Continued Gatsby DBQ
B4 Creative Writing
- This week: Parody
- Parody: imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
- Example: Senior Citizens Shake It Off (video)
- Mentor Text: "All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at a Church Bake Sale"
- Assignment, due at end of class Thursday: 400-word parody