WE BEGIN OUR WRITING CONFERENCES this week. It is very important that you make this appointment, and if you cannot, that you reschedule it at least a day in advance. If you are staying home sick--which I would prefer that you do, if you are sick--please email me as soon as you know you will not be in attendance. This conference is a graded assignment, and not fulfilling these requirements will result in a zero for this assignment.

MONDAY

Overview of where we are academically as we start quarter four. I've just collected your first draft of junior theme. Students start writing conferences--wherein we will read your essay together, discuss revisions, and select the thematic focus of your American poem, short-story, and art work--this week. We have also read through and annotated carefully chapters 1-4 in Chopin's The Awakening. Today we will carefully read chapters 5 and 6, looking for the connotative word choice and imagery that Chopin uses to make her tone explicit.
HW: Reading 'The Problem Without a Name," the first chapter in The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.

TUESDAY

Quarter grade reports. Subsequently, we will review the introductory documents on Friedan
HW: As you continue your reading in chapters 7 and 8, remember that you should annotate for anything relating to the role women are expected to play (in home, as parent, in society), as well as the influence of nature upon Edna.

WEDNESDAY

No classes for SAT testing.
HW: Read chapters 9 through 11 tonight.

THURSDAY

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HW: Read chapters 12 through 14.

FRIDAY

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HW: Read chapters 15 through 22.