Honors English 10-Period 3 Assignments
- Instructor
- Katya Cantey
- Term
- 2022-2023 School Year
- Department
- English
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Unit 2 Independent Reading Assignment
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Do Now 12/16: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Do Now 12/14: How does Tiresias contribute to Creon’s development as a tragic hero? How is Tiresias a foil for Creon? How does Tiresias help Creon gain the self-knowledge necessary for his redemption?
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Independent Reading Say/Mean/Matter
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Do Now 12/12: What was the self-care goal you set during our Do Now on November 28th? How have you prioritized self-care over the past two weeks? What will you do for self-care over the next week and a half?
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Tragic Hero Characteristics
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Greek Mythology in "Antigone" Peardeck
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"Antigone" Quiz #2
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Do Now 12/8: Watch the video with the class and answer the questions in complete sentences. What is the setting for the National Theater’s Antigone? Why does the main actress assert that Creon is not the “bad guy”? Do you think this is an accurate adaptation of Antigone? Why or why not?
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Do Now 12/6: “He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense” (Joseph Conrad). What does the following quote SAY? What is the MEANING of the quote? Why does this quote MATTER?
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Do Now 12/2: What’s one example of Creon’s pride? Why does Ismene lie to Creon about Polynices’ burial? Why is Creon conflicted by Antigone’s admission that she broke the law?
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"Antigone" Quiz #1
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Do Now 11/30: Why does the Chorus restate some of the myths of Thebes prior to Creon’s introduction? Why does Creon give Eteocles a proper burial but not Polynices? Who does Creon initially suspect of burying Polynices’ body?
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Understanding Sophocles
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Do Now 11/28: What are some things you did over Thanksgiving Break? How did you prioritize self-care over Thanksgiving Break? How can you prioritize self-care over the next three and a half weeks?
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Do Now 11/17: Thankful Thursdays! What are you most grateful for in life right now? How do you express gratitude for those people/places/things?
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Introduction to "Antigone" Peardeck
Use the link to join this Pear Deck activity!
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"The Kite Runner" Essay (FINAL DRAFT)
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Do Now 11/10: "Substitute 'damn' every time you’re inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be” (Mark Twain). Paraphrase this quote. What is the deeper meaning behind this quote? Why does this quote matter?
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"The Kite Runner" Final Essay (ROUGH DRAFT)
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Do Now 11/10: "Substitute 'damn' every time you’re inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be” (Mark Twain). Paraphrase this quote. What is the deeper meaning behind this quote? Why does this quote matter?
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Peer-Response Letter
Please see the directions for the letter on the handout you picked up on your way into class.
Write the letter in a separate Google Doc. Please turn this Google Doc in by the end of the period. Make sure to share the letter with your partner before turning it in!
Write the letter in a separate Google Doc. Please turn this Google Doc in by the end of the period. Make sure to share the letter with your partner before turning it in!
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Do Now 11/8: Identify the issue with each of the following MLA citations and fix the error: Hosseini illustrates the double standards for women when Amir thinks, “no Afghan girl–no decent and mohtaram [respectable] Afghan girl, at least–queried her father about a young man.” (Hosseini 147). Baba, a subaltern, resists his oppressor when he exclaims, “tell him I'll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place. (116)"
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Do Now 11/3: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What is ONE thing you’re looking forward to this weekend?
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Do Now 11/1: How has Assef changed from the beginning of the book until the end? How is Assef “defeated” in the brawl with Amir? Why is this significant? Given what we know about Assef now, why does Hosseini include the rape scene earlier in the book? What might the rape symbolize?
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Vocabulary Chart (Ch. 20-22)
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Do Now 10/28: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What would you do if you won the lottery? In general, is winning the lottery good or bad? Why?
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"The Kite Runner" Reading Quiz (Ch. 14-19)
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Do Now 10/26: Watch the video as a class and answer the following questions in complete sentences: What initially sparked the current protests in Iran? Why are women primarily leading the protests in Iran? How is the treatment of women in Iran similar to the treatment of women under the Taliban in Afghanistan?
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Exit Slip 10/24: Analyze the following quote through the feminist lens. “I wondered if her [Soraya’s] father had told her, maybe she had asked him. I immediately dismissed both scenarios as absurd. Fathers and sons could talk freely about women. But no Afghan girl–no decent and mohtaram [respectable] Afghan girl, at least–queried her father about a young man” (Hosseini 147).
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Archetypal Criticism Notes and Analysis Questions
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Feminist Criticism Notes and Analysis Questions
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Do Now 10/24: Take a look at the image on the board and answer the following questions: What do you notice in the image to the right? What’s one thing you wonder about the image? What do you think is the overall message of the image?
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Do Now 10/20: What is one character archetype we see in The Kite Runner? What is the reason for Hosseini to use this archetype in his novel? What added layer of meaning does this archetype give the text?
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"The Kite Runner" Reading Quiz (Ch. 10-13)
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Do Now 10/18: Review the vocabulary words from chapters 10-11 that you examined last Wednesday. Write 1-5 original sentences using the words you identified.
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Introduction to Postcolonialism
Read over the attached article and answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What is post-colonialism and what are some key traits of postcolonial literature?
2. How is “Otherness” defined in the text?
3. What are at least three of the problems (there are more than 3 in the text) within postcolonial literature?
1. What is post-colonialism and what are some key traits of postcolonial literature?
2. How is “Otherness” defined in the text?
3. What are at least three of the problems (there are more than 3 in the text) within postcolonial literature?
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Do Now 10/14: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Do Now 10/12: On page 116, Baba says "tell him I'll take a thousand of his bullets before I let this indecency take place." What memory flashes before Amir as he hears this? How are Baba and Amir contrasted in this scene?
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Vocabulary Chart
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Do Now 10/10: 1. What gift does Amir receive from Hassan and Ali? How does this gift make him feel? 2. What does Amir realize when Ali looks at him in "his cold, unforgiving way"? 3. In your opinion, why does Amir treat Hassan poorly in chapters 8-9?
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Chapter 8 Close Reading Exercise
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Do Now 10/10: 1. What gift does Amir receive from Hassan and Ali? How does this gift make him feel? 2. What does Amir realize when Ali looks at him in "his cold, unforgiving way"? 3. In your opinion, why does Amir treat Hassan poorly in chapters 8-9?
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"The Kite Runner" Ch. 7 Discussion
You must answer at least ONE question.
After answering your question, you must also RESPOND to at least two of your classmates answers.
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1. What happens in the kite fighting competition? What are two pieces of figurative language that Hosseini uses to describe the kites?
2. When Amir tells Hassan to run after the kite, what does Hassan yell back at him? Where was this phrase used earlier in the text? Why would the author use repetition here?
3. In chapter 7 Amir states, "then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner. The next time I saw that smile unabashedly like that was twenty six years later, in a faded polaroid photograph." What are the implications of this quote? What might this foreshadow?
4. Describe the place where the three boys have trapped Hassan. How does Hosseini use symbolism in this scene?
5. What memories flood Amir's mind as he witnesses the assault on Hassan? How does Hassan behave during and after the assault?
6. In chapter 7 Amir states, "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past--and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run...In the end, I ran." What does Amir mean here? Why does Amir run away?
After answering your question, you must also RESPOND to at least two of your classmates answers.
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1. What happens in the kite fighting competition? What are two pieces of figurative language that Hosseini uses to describe the kites?
2. When Amir tells Hassan to run after the kite, what does Hassan yell back at him? Where was this phrase used earlier in the text? Why would the author use repetition here?
3. In chapter 7 Amir states, "then he smiled his Hassan smile and disappeared around the corner. The next time I saw that smile unabashedly like that was twenty six years later, in a faded polaroid photograph." What are the implications of this quote? What might this foreshadow?
4. Describe the place where the three boys have trapped Hassan. How does Hosseini use symbolism in this scene?
5. What memories flood Amir's mind as he witnesses the assault on Hassan? How does Hassan behave during and after the assault?
6. In chapter 7 Amir states, "I had one last chance to make a decision. One final opportunity to decide who I was going to be. I could step into that alley, stand up for Hassan--the way he'd stood up for me all those times in the past--and accept whatever would happen to me. Or I could run...In the end, I ran." What does Amir mean here? Why does Amir run away?
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Do Now 10/6: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What would you like the class to STOP doing? What would you like the class to START doing? What would you like the class to SUSTAIN?
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Marxist Criticism Notes
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Marxist Criticism Introduction
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Do Now 10/4: Write 1-5 original sentences using the following words: Sovereignty Terrorism Fundamentalism Nation-state Coup d’etat
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"The Kite Runner" Reading Quiz (Ch.1-5)
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Do Now 9/29: What happens between Assef/Wali/Kamal and Amir/Hassan? What does Assef threaten them? Hassan has plastic surgery to be able to smile “normally” by the following winter. Why does Amir think that is ironic?
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"The Kite Runner" Intro Vocabulary
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"The Kite Runner" Ch.1 Close Reading
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Exit Slip: How does the use of diction create a sense of foreboding?
In your response, have a strong topic sentence and include two references of language from the text.
After each quotation from the text, provide meaningful commentary.
After each quotation from the text, provide meaningful commentary.
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"The Kite Runner" Intro Vocabulary
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Exit Slip: How does the use of diction create a sense of foreboding?
In your response, have a strong topic sentence and include two references of language from the text.
After each quotation from the text, provide meaningful commentary.
After each quotation from the text, provide meaningful commentary.
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Do Now 9/27: What are Amir’s religious views? How do these views cause conflict? According to Baba, what is the only sin? What concerns about Amir does Baba express to Rahim Khan? How does Amir feel overhearing this discussion?
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"A Historical Overview of Afghanistan" and Comprehension Questions
Please read the article attached and answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What kinds of conflicts plagued Afghanistan in the 1970's?
2. Who are the Mujahidin? What is jihad? What is their role in Afghanistan's history?
3. What kinds of changes did the Taliban make in Afghanistan in the 1990's?
4. What caused conflict between the United States and the Taliban?
1. What kinds of conflicts plagued Afghanistan in the 1970's?
2. Who are the Mujahidin? What is jihad? What is their role in Afghanistan's history?
3. What kinds of changes did the Taliban make in Afghanistan in the 1990's?
4. What caused conflict between the United States and the Taliban?
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Do Now 9/23: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What’s ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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"A Historical Overview of Afghanistan" and Comprehension Questions
Please read the article attached and answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1. What kinds of conflicts plagued Afghanistan in the 1970's?
2. Who are the Mujahidin? What is jihad? What is their role in Afghanistan's history?
3. What kinds of changes did the Taliban make in Afghanistan in the 1990's?
4. What caused conflict between the United States and the Taliban?
1. What kinds of conflicts plagued Afghanistan in the 1970's?
2. Who are the Mujahidin? What is jihad? What is their role in Afghanistan's history?
3. What kinds of changes did the Taliban make in Afghanistan in the 1990's?
4. What caused conflict between the United States and the Taliban?
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Common Writing Assessment: Fall 2022
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Do Now 9/19: What do you like best about this piece of writing? If you had a chance to revise, what would you decide to focus on? What was easy about this assignment? What was challenging about this assignment?
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Personal Essay (FINAL DRAFT)
Please attach the document with your final draft to this assignment.
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Do Now 9/15: Please revise the following sentences to add more imagery: I was sitting in front of the TV, my dad was sitting on the couch, and my brother was watching me. We went to a pastry shop filled with smells of coffee, chocolate, and butter, but I wasn’t happy to get my favorite cinnamon pinwheel, instead I was feeling another emotion that I experience often, one that I had wasted my time, squandering my vacation.
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Self-Editing Checklist for Personal Essay
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Personal Essay Rough Draft
In your rough draft, try to do the following:
Describe your experiences in detail, using ample sensory imagery.
Incorporate your initial response to the experience (thoughts and feelings at the time).
Reflect on the overall impact of this experience. What did you learn from this?
Please make sure to attach the Google Doc with your rough draft to this assignment!
Describe your experiences in detail, using ample sensory imagery.
Incorporate your initial response to the experience (thoughts and feelings at the time).
Reflect on the overall impact of this experience. What did you learn from this?
Please make sure to attach the Google Doc with your rough draft to this assignment!
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Do Now 9/13: Please rewrite the following sentences using imagery: The taste of mac and cheese that I love. The smell of the gel my father puts in his hair. The feeling of my cat’s fur as I pet her.
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Do Now 9/9: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Personal Essay Example (Student)
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Do Now 9/2: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Photo Journal
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Personal Essay Prompt and Brainstorm
Please read the prompt and complete the attached handout to begin brainstorming. You do NOT need to write your rough draft at this time!
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Do Now 8/31: Imagine a response to “Just Walk on By” that takes issue with the tactics Staples employs in order to avoid frightening people with his mere presence. What arguments might someone make against his choice to accommodate the irrational fears of others? On what basis might objections to this practice be raised?
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"Just Walk on By" Reading Quiz
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Do Now 8/29: How have you experienced stereotyping on the basis of your age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, the way you dress, etc.? What’s an example of a time when you faced this type of stereotype?
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"Me Talk Pretty One Day" Reading Quiz
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Do Now 8/25: “Several have defined man as ‘an animal which laughs.’ They might equally as well have defined him as an animal which is laughed at; for if any other animal, or some lifeless object, produces the same effect, it is always because of some resemblance to man, or the stamp he gives it of the use he puts it to” (Henri Bergson in Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic). Does the essay “Me Talk Pretty One Day” more effectively present man as a creature “which laughs” or “which is laughed at.” Please make sure to cite an example from the essay in your response.
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Do Now 8/23
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Discussion Question: Has modern technology changed the ways in which people write so as to make notebooks and journals quaint things of the past? Do people save their thoughts and reflections online? Discuss the relevance of Didion’s essay in our electronic age.
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"On Keeping a Notebook" By Joan Didion
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Do Now 8/19: “How do you assign a price to water? It’s a human right,” says Noyola. “But these companies, namely Coca-Cola, in selling bottled water as the only potable water source, have made their product obligatory. Now water costs nearly as much as gasoline.” Paraphrase this quote in your own words. What does this quote mean? Why does this quote matter?
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Homework: How is the current drought in Monterrey, Mexico similar to the "Tap-Out" in the novel "Dry"? What is different about these two situations?
Please read the attached article, "“It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres," and answer the above question. Your answer to the question must include at lease one example from the article and one example from the novel "Dry" by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman.
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"Dry" Collaborative CER
Make a copy of the “Dry’ Collaborative CER” document, and share the document with the rest of the group members. All group members should be writing on the same document.
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Quick-Write: In "Dry," Kelton and his family had prepared both their home and their bug-out for survival in case of a crisis like the Tap-Out. What would be in your survival kit? What items should everyone have in an emergency kit?
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Do Now 8/17: Watch the warm-up video and answer the following questions: What is one example of sensory imagery that Beaty uses in his poem? Do you think that Beaty’s presentation of his poem is effective? Why or why not?
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Beginning of the Year Survey
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"Raised By..." Poem Graphic Organizer
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Do Now 8/15/22
Make sure to highlight ALL examples of sensory language in the passage. Also, don’t forget to answer the question at the end of the passage.