Archive for May 27th, 2008

Ms. Hale

5/27/08 Homework

English 2: Review the rubric for the I-Search project. Work on the parts that you are missing!

Meet in the computer lab (Room 202) tomorrow.

English 4: (If you weren’t here: Read to the break on page 125 in The Importance of Being Earnest.) The main characters in Earnest, Jack and Algernon, have each invented a friend (”Ernest” and “Bunbury”) who provides an excuse to get away from their responsibilities. Algernon uses the word “Bunburying” to describe the use of a false excuse to get out of something.  Write a paragraph about a time that you “Bunburyed,” or about a “Bunburyist” you know.

English 4 HP: (If you weren’t here: Read to the bottom of page 130 in The Importance of Being Earnest.) The main characters in Earnest, Jack and Algernon, have each invented a friend (”Ernest” and “Bunbury”) who provides an excuse to get away from their responsibilities. Algernon uses the word “Bunburying” to describe the use of a false excuse to get out of something.  Write a paragraph about a time that you “Bunburyed,” or about a “Bunburyist” you know.