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Get into your groups. You must complete the booklet today or finish it for homework. It is due tomorrow!. Last research day. Week at a glance. Monday: Last research day Tuesday: Review for test Block Day: Alas, Babylon Test I will be taking up your books! Don’t get fined!!
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Get into your groups. You must complete the booklet today or finish it for homework. It is due tomorrow! Last research day
Week at a glance • Monday: Last research day • Tuesday: Review for test • Block Day: Alas, Babylon Test • I will be taking up your books! Don’t get fined!! • Friday: Start poetry unit!
Alas, Babylon 3 Extra credit opportunities
Extra Credit 1 • 5 summative points • Write a 2-page short story with a post-apocalyptic setting. • Due Friday (5/16)
Extra Credit 2 • Will replace the lowest 2 formative grades including zeros. • Must be turned in ON TIME. • Due May 23.
Create a CD for English 2013-2014 • You will create a soundtrack for the stories we read this year. • The songs need to be school appropriate, but you are not limited to one genre of music or one artist.
Songs for each… • “The Most Dangerous Game” • The Odyssey • “The Cask of Amontillado” • Romeo and Juliet • “The Lottery” • Of Mice and Men • “The Scarlet Ibis” • Social Action Unit (choose a subject or song) • “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” • “Waka’s Gift” • Alas, Babylon • “There Will Come Soft Rains”
requirements • Find a clear CD case • Creative CD cover • Back of CD case should list the songs • The inside booklet should have a page for each song with it’s lyrics. • Each page needs a short explanation of why you’ve chosen the song.
Extra Credit 3 • 10 points on your Alas, Babylon Test • Due Block Day BEFORE the test. • The Alas, Babylon packet with all reading questions complete. • All or nothing.