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| Revenge of the Whale Nathaniel Philbrick |
I'm glad to be working with you in Freshman English this summer and in the coming school year! I have only assigned one book because we'll be doing several things with the book over the summer in preparation for the fall. For the first blog post, I'm going to give you important information about the summer. Please read carefully.
- Make sure you have purchased Revenge of the Whale, by Nathaniel Philbrick, by June 1. The first blog post will be June 3, so I'm trying to give you enough time to purchase/order the book. You will be annotating the book for your first major grade of the fall semester, so make sure you have a book you can write in. Your annotated book will be due on the first day of class. No exceptions.
- In order to get credit for your summer read, you will need to enter into discussion on the blog, which will give you important information for reading and annotating. This will also enable you to meet one another, virtually at least, before school starts. I will add your email to the group, as well as your parents' SPX email address by June 1.
- Please email me at any time at jcollier@spx.org. In the subject line, please type REVENGE. You should use your SPX student email which you just received at Freshman Registration. I will also be forwarding the assignment to your parents at their parent SPX email.
- The blog will be updated for discussion on the following dates. You will need to check in on those dates for a discussion and annotation directions, and you will have two weeks to respond to that date's discussion assignment. I hope this makes your reading a little more relaxing and interesting! Please note that once I post, you have two weeks to respond to THAT post before I post the next blog. DO NOT POST A COMMENT EARLY!
Wednesday, June 17 You should have read Chs. 1-3 by this date. The response for this post will deal with Chs. 1-3. Your response should be posted between 6/17 and 6/30.
Wednesday, July 1 You should have read Chs. 4-6 by this date. The response for this post will deal with Chs. 4-6. Your response should be posted between 7/1 and 7/14.
Wednesday, July 15 You should have read Chs. 7-10 by this date. The response for this post will deal with Chs. 7-10. Your response should be posted between 7/15 and 7/28.
Wednesday, July 29 You should have read Chs. 11-14 and THE EPILOGUE. The response for this post will deal with Chs. 11-14 and THE EPILOGUE. Your response should be posted between 7/29 and 8/4.
Get ready for an amazing true story of courage. This summer, you may want to tip your hat to the creatures of the ocean before jumping in!
~~Mrs. Collier~~
