Daily Log

Friday, December 19

Well, those students who predicted that school was over until after winter break were right, though I wish we had waited until it actually snowed (or is that snew?)!
I hope everyone is enjoying his/her extended time off.

I have
(1) an addition to the assignment I gave on Tuesday, and
(2) an assignment you may wish to get a headstart on with your family's help; it will be the final project for the semester, and there will be other assignments due before we get to it. You are not required to start work on it now, but I hope you will want to.

(1) The only addition to your assignment I will make is to change "or" to "and" in the assignment issued Tuesday. That is, the assignment is now to write TWO two-chunk paragraphs, one on EACH of the two topics. Thus:

Revised assignment due Monday, January 5:
Finish reading the selections from Walden (pp. 234-244), and write two two-chunk paragraphs explaining
(a) Thoreau's statement (p. 237), "We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us."
and
(b) The Battle of the Ants (pp. 240-241). What are we to take from this account?

(2) The Culture Box
Each student will construct, and present to the class, a small box representing his/her cultural heritage. See the two-page assignment sheet on the Documents page of this website for details. Presentations will be made the final three days of the semester, whenever that may be!

Feel free to email me with questions.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Mr. Potratz