Ms. Tyre's English 11 Homework or Thursday, April 24:

1. Historical Research on the 3 areas is done.

2. Reading The Jade Peony: Part Three: Keep reading Part Three.  Make sure you are reading for understanding (and enjoyment!), but that you are also doing the following after you read a chunk of text: 

a) Write notes that will be useful and insightful for your Literature Circle Role. 

b) Notice references to the war in China and the effect it is having on the characters, plot (conflict), and themes in the novel.  There are many references, from the second page of Part Three to a few pages to the end.  **If you are finished reading this section of the novel, you should start working on this: collecting each reference to the war in "quotation marks" then explaining the effect it is having on characters, and/or conflict, and/or theme  in a short paragraph. Those of you who are still reading, know that you will be collecting these references now or when you finish.

Tomorrow, keep working on all these aspects of the novel. If you want to work in your expert groups, if there are enough of you finished reading to do that - you may.