English IV: Monday, August 24th

*ARLI ("Chaser") Review
---Return, review levels
---Re-Collect "Chaser"
*HW: "Araby" Answers (ALL) due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Read & comprehend grade-level texts.

Jason's bookshelf: read

Dreamland Burning

by Jennifer Latham

Pretty solid historical mystery, blended with a pretty solid contemporary tie-in. Thanks to Latham for introducing me to this little-taught bit of American history.

Dark Age

by Pierce Brown

Absolutely a return to form by Pierce Brown. #4 left me a bit disappointed, but this book kept me wading happily through ultraviolence and deeply imagined characters into the wee hours of the morning. There was actual laughter and actual...

Defy the Stars

by Claudia Gray

Excellent! What threatens to be another trite dystopian romance is rescued from that fate by Gray's intricate world-building and intriguing meditations on what it means to be fully, truly, "human." Shades of Frankenstein and Star Trek TN...

English IV

8/24/15

Monday, August 24th

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