Introduction to the Winter Reading

Over the break, you will be reading one of the following books:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I will be posting three discussion topics to my blog. You will be expected to respond to one of the three topics on your own blog, and post comments to two other student’s blogs by Friday, January 13, 2012. You will receive an “other” grade for creating your blog, and posting the link to this Assignment #1 post.

You will receive two minor grades; one for your blog TEAR (Assignment #2), one for your comments on other people’s blogs (Assignment #3).

To complete this assignment, follow these steps.

1.     Go to my website: http://www.mrbrimmagesapenglishivclass.blogspot.com/ (you can also find the link on my Elsik AP English IV class page).

2.    You may want to become a follower of my blog to make movement between blogs easier for you.

3.    Look at my blog archives, and follow the directions to the assignments. There are three.

4.    You must complete the assignments in order. You cannot move on to Assignment #3 until you have completed your TEAR.

This project will also help to prepare you for your timed-writing assignment upon your return from Winter Break.

Dialectical Journal & Theme Chart (Other Grade)

Blog Assignment #1 (Other Grade)

Blog Assignment #2 (Minor Grade)

Blog Assignment #3 (Minor Grade)

Timed Writing (Major Grade)