REMINDER: review the calendar every week, to keep you on track (just like when we were in the classroom!)

This week: there is an OPTIONAL review sheet, for those of you who like to organize your thoughts on paper, for Books 9-12. Don't submit it, but you can ask questions via email if something occurs to you that you need to clarify.

Begin your JOURNALS. These are meant to develop personal connections to literature and to help you stay in the habit of writing reflectively on a regular basis. READ THE DIRECTIONS. It saves you a lot of time, in the long run, if you read carefully the first time (life lesson!!). If you have further questions, once you have tried a few of the prompts, email me. I won't post the Reflection until May 11. WRITE TWO ENTRIES PER WEEK (it's only 10 minutes per time).

We have been doing a lot of reading, analyzing/marking of text/answering questions. All this has led up to the ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH assignment that is posted on the left. Just as we do in class, I am giving you several options (6) and asking you to write on a few (2). Write them as analysis, not summary. Have a clear topic sentence and ALWAYS cite your evidence. Between Friday and Monday, revise the best of your two paragraphs, and submit ONE paragraph to turnitin.com.

There is no reading this week, only writing. I expect that you can write a paragraph in about 30 minutes at this point, which is what we were doing in class. If you are spending significantly longer than this, you need to contact me so we can talk about your process and work to reduce that time.