Comm 12
Short Stories
1. Provincial Practice work (poster/business letter/original comp essay) are now OVERDUE. They will not be accepted after tomorrow's class).
2. Review literary devices (metaphor, allegory, symbolism, irony) & discuss protest culture and nihilism.
3. Read: "The Destructors" by Graham Greene (full text online).
A. Discuss themes:
- innocence vs. experience - loss of innocence - the nature of power/leadership - class disparity (upper vs. middle).
B. Find quotations that illuminate/support theme.
3b. Tomorrow: Write in-class WAQ (due Monday):
Citing textual evidence, describe theme in Graham Greene's "The Destructors".
--Criteria:
- theme and thesis statements - transitions in and out of evidence - 3-5 quotations (properly introduced, integrated, cited, and explained) - conclusion - written objectively, in present tense (please double-space).

English 10
Writing
1. Complete final draft of "Emotions" original comp (personal essay).
*You should have three drafts in total to hand in tomorrow, at the beginning of class.*
2. Review literary devices and grammar (booklet distributed last week).
3. Next up: George Orwell's Animal Farm.
3b. Tonight: review the definitions and create examples for: allegory, satire, rhetoric, propaganda.

English 11
A Separate Peace
1. Discuss Chapter 1; review questions and themes (work assigned yesterday).
2. Chapter 2...
- read - analyze
3. Grammar and literary device review.