English 11: How to edit a literary paragraph for basic yet key structural elements . . .

Today, we edited the paragraphs and re-wrote them with a focus on structure, style and insight. Be sure to get the notes from a peer if you were absent today.

I collected the USSR forms for October and any essays and quotation logs from students who had extensions.

Monday: Vocabulary Test on words 26 to embodiment and words 1 and 2

I will be away tomorrow but Ms. Moray will be here. Please treat her as a guest in our room and show her the routines. Arrive on time and start USSR immediately, please.

We will be reading the story, "The Sound of the Hollyhocks" by Hugh Garner, page 7. You will be asked to read the story slowly, using post-it notes, to find quotations which help to explain the importance of the title. This question will challenge you. You will need to find motif, symbol, changes in diction, pathetic fallacy, dramatic irony, changes in tone, sentence variety etc as an author's techniques reveal theme and character.

What is the sound of a daffodil? A violet? A crocus? A tulip? A hollyhock?

There are some direct discussions of the hollyhocks in the story but you will find your reasons elsewhere. Who is the hollyhock? What is his sound? Who listened? Who did not?

Be prepared to discuss and write about your discoveries on Monday. You will need to have the key quotations already highlighted with a post-it note. There will not be time to re-read the entire story.
Have a good weekend. Study your vocabulary.