Reminders and Notices

If you are looking for something to do for the next couple of weeks, you might want to think about your book selection for the final paper. If you have either left the handout at school or misplaced it, look to the right under Syllabus and Assignments and click on English 10 Final Paper. Keep in mind that your book selection is not due until January 27 (Day 3) and January 28 (Day 4), so if you just want to relax over the vacation, please do so; you will still have three weeks to select a book once school resumes. 

Not to be a Scrooge, but if school had not been cancelled just before the vacation, I would have notified the odd-day sections that when we return from the break, the workload will increase noticeably. With all of the interruptions this marking period, you have not been assigned a ton of work, but this will change upon our return. During the first class after the vacation, you will be introduced to existentialism, a philosophical approach that reflects on freedom, responsibility, and the absurdity of everyday life. That day, we will go over Albert Camus's retelling of the myth of Sisyphus in preparation for reading his novel The Stranger, which we will begin in class. You will once again have to annotate each reading assignment and write a journal entry for it which, if done appropriately, will prepare you to have something to say for each class. 

You will have an in-class essay on The Stranger January 20 (Day 4) and January 21 (Day 5), for which you will not receive the topics in advance. Any revisions of the narrative essay, tragic essay, or comic essay must be completed by January 15 (Day 2) and January 16 (Day 3), but no revision will be accepted unless you meet with me prior to turning it in. 

Enjoy the vacation!