Monday, October 27, 2008

Short Story Unit Week 2: The Birds


This week is actually a relatively light one (in context with the Grin), as we will be investigating du Maurier's "The Birds". The study questions, and a topic sentence assignment, are due on Thursday.
Students will also be revising their essays this week (7th hour, you will receive your essays beginning Tuesday or Wednesday). A copy of the topic sentence/context assignment and the blank for rough drafts are now online.
Fiction terms will be tested on Friday; students should be keeping a literary terms journal that will be checked the week before finals.
Students should also have a copy of the "Grin" rubric, which has been revised to warn students of what I will be "borrowing" from your assignments.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Short Story Unit Week 1


Welcome back from your much deserved break.
We are now back to work, and in week one of the short story unit. Check out the planner for the rest of the unit.
We start with "The Sniper", which is due Wednesday. The text has been provided to students in class and will not be posted online.
We will also be reading "'The Most Dangerous Game", which will be due Friday. Copies of the story are available online.
Root Test #3 is scheduled for Friday, October 24th, while Root Test #4 is November 7th

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Odyssey Final Week

The Nine Weeks comes to an end next Friday, but grades for this nine weeks actually culminate on Thursday, October 9th.
The new in-class study questions are available via Snapgrades and e-mail.
The final two homework assignments for the Odyssey are available (and also via Snapgrades and e-mail). Both are Word documents.
Get the revised planner!
  • Friday, October 3rd: Literary Terms Quiz #1
  • Monday, October 6th: In-Class reading of the Odyssey (end of class)
  • Tuesday, October 7th: Sections 1 and 2 of The Odyssey (quotes and archetypes)
  • Tuesday, October 7th: Odyssey Objective Test
  • Wednesday, October 8th: Odyssey five-paragraph essay due* (Students with a 77 percent or above as of Monday, 10.6 may turn in Thursday, October 9th without penalty)
  • Thursday, October 9th: Literary Terms Test #2