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Friday, Oct. 10: I am looking forward to watching your videos of scenes from The Crucible, by Arthur Miller. 

Next Week: Analyzing themes in The Crucible. You will be writing an in-class essay on Wednesday.

Week of Sept. 15

This week we will finish Act I of The Crucible by Arthur Miller and take a vocabulary test on Act I.  You will receive directions on the video project. We will continue with Act II of The Crucible.

Clarification to Summer Short Form Assignment

A student asked me via email what was meant by the section on style. Originally, there was an explanation on the back of the page, but it got left off the online version. Here it is:

Diction: (word choice) Is the diction formal, informal, colloquial? Is the language plain, flowery, concise, strong? Does the diction indicate the author's social status, education, region of the country?

Syntax: (word order, pattern) Are the sentences mostly simple or complex? Long or short? Is there much variety in the sentence pattern? Is there repetition? How does the author use syntax to create rhythm and flow of language? What effect is he/she creating?

This is what is meant by style.

Welcome Back Juniors

You summer assignment, the AP short form on one of the books from the reading list, is due on the first day of class. If you failed to do it, you have two weeks to make it up. These late submissions will not be graded. They will, however, keep you from having a failing grade at the beginning of the class, which will be very hard to overcome, at least by the first grading period.