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Thursday, October 1: Claude McKay's poem America, focus on personification and imagery

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EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: never submit an assignment on google classroom. I will not receive it. Make sure you simply copy the work from the blog and share. If you have put anything in google classroom, you will need to copy and paste your work onto a google doc for me to grade. By Saturday morning all the assignments will be graded and accessible to you. Please check them. If you sent me something, and have a zero, but actually put it in google classroom, make the correction. Your work will not be late; you'll receive full credit.   I N class: We are going to look in depth at Claude McKay's poem America.       Guiding questions:              What is the theme or central idea of Claude McKay's American.               How does he feel about this city?               What are clues in the poem that tell us how feels.               This u...

Tuesday, September 28: prejudice and discrimination: Claude McKay's America; finishing up denotation and connotation

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  As we did not finish the denotation/ connotation exercises from yesterday, I copied yesterday's blog onto today's and added addtional material. We are finishing up the exercises in class. DUE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30:  1.Read the Claude McKay poem 2. Copy and paste the four questions that follow onto a google doc  3. Select the correct response 4. Share with me.  (dorothy.parker or 2006630) either pop up my name on the drop down menu. 5. This is due by 6 pm Wednesday, September 30 ******************************************************************************** to denote-(verb)-what is indicated or signified to connote (verb)-what is implied beyond the primary meaning of a word.                                        verb noun                                        ...

Monday, September 27...review of denote and conote from Friday and independent practice for homeowork

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Housekeeping: Please make sure you keep up with your assignments. If there is a ZERO, that means I did not receive the work. Please resend. If you put something in google classroom, I would never know. We use a blog in this class. The only item in google classroom is the daily link and due date of the assignment.  Any work on the blog can be copied onto a google doc, completed and shared with me by either entering my name or number (2006630), which will enable my name to pop up in the drop down.  If you are absent, please go the the blog. It is organized by day, so you can find out everything we did in class.  You can always access it directly for any internet:   https://sotaenglish3.blogspot.com/   E verything, including due dates, is on our class blog.  In class: As we did not finish connote vs denote, we will take the time in class and complete the exercise together Homework : we will complete the homework as a class tomorrow. See below to denote-(verb)-...