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Greetings all you girls & guys in 634, 734, and 834. The school year is coming to an end as we begin to wrap up our genre studies. 634, you are working on your vignette collection. By the end of this week, you should have a final 'seed piece' vignette, poetic prose vignette, character sketch vignette, place vignette, and story vignette. 734, you are working on a poetry unit, reading and analyzing a variety of poems. 834, you have finished your Ray Bradbury Response to Literature, and will continue to explore Ray Bradbury's stories and compare them to films based on his movies. This will be your last week of school before graduation. Homework is as follows:

Friday, 6/20/08
634: Final vignette collage book due on Monday. This must include: book cover, table of contents, seed piece vignette, poetic prose vignette, character sketch vignette, place vignette, and story vignette.Your back cover should also include your blurb.
734: Read in your independent book. List positively and negatively charged words.
834: Graduation rehearsal is on Monday. No homework.
Thursday, 6/19/08
634: Rewrite final draft of story vignette on loose leaf. Table of contents to be completed. Draft a blurb for your book in WSB.
734: Read your independent reading book. List positively and negatively charged words from your book in your RSB.
834: Have fun at your prom. NO HOMEWORK!!!
Wednesday, 6/18/08
634: Revise your story vignette using the rubric to improve it.Write draft #2 of story vignette on loose leaf.
734: Read your independent book. In RSB, make an entry entitled "Charged Words." List at least 3 positively charged words, 3 negatively charged words, and 2 neutral words.
834: Write a reflection in RSB on Ray Bradbury's "The Skeleton," "The Small Assassin," or "The Dwarf."
Tuesday, 6/17/08
634: Revise your story vignette on loose leaf. Complete the story vignette rubric for yourself.
734: Read in your independent book. Make an entry in your IRL.
834: In WSB, compare and contrast Ray Bradbury's short story "The Assassin" to the film "The Assassin." Which one did you like better? Why?
Monday, 6/16/08
634: Write your final draft of your place vignette on loose leaf. Revise and rewrite your story vignette in your writer's source book.
734: Reread and correct selections in PA #4 in your RSB. Use the item Analysis Task Sheet you completed in class.
834: Read an independent book. Make an entry in your IRL.

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