Eng 10C – HW for 3/15-18

Monday 3/15 – Discussion: Setting goals for Trimester 3.  Introduction to Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: Dick and Jane primers of the 1940s. If time allows, begin reading The Bluest Eye, pp. 3-6 together in class.

HW: Writer’s Journal #12: Goals for Trimester 3 (at least 3 specific goals about writing, reading, writing, with explanation for how you will achieve them!)

Tuesday, 3/16 – NO CLASS

Wednesday, 3/17 – Discussion: Share writing.  Read aloud The Bluest Eye, pp. 5-23.  Discuss characters, parents, ways of showing love, Mr. Henry, etc.

HW: Finish reading The Bluest Eye up to page 23.  Then write Writer’s Journal #13: respond to the novel so far, especially regarding perceptions of beauty/ugliness.

Thursday, 3/18 – Discussion: Read aloud The Bluest Eye, 23-32.  Examine & define outdoors; dolls, Shirley Temple, definitions of beauty; how different characters show love and seek love.  Return Gatsby essays, debrief the essay process, and discuss writing assignments for the rest of the year.

HW: No homework over vacation – but I encourage you to enjoy a good book!