Necklace-Ibis: The Grinch Has Arrived

Ahhh, I just got finished watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Perfect timing.
We start Monday with The Necklace. Study questions will be available in class.
The text is available online as well. I have e-mailed the text to you.
This assignment is due Wednesday, November 19th. Use this link to help you with your work:
www.unc.edu/~getkara/The%20Necklace/Home.html

The vocabulary this week is the Figure of Speech list, which will be available online as well as in class. This will be tested on Friday, November 21st.

The Scarlet Ibis "boot camp" begins Wednesday. The study guide will not be available except via class.
The text will be sent to you via e-mail and also via Snapgrades. Please consult the NEW! planner, as this is an extensive assignment. More details will be revealed on this site.
There are no late days on these assignments, so stay on top of your work!!!

Short Story Unit Week 4: Bergeron

This is the calm before a light storm.
There will not be much in the way of homework as we gear up for the last two short stories that will take us to Thanksgiving.
The hardest part of the week is the Lesson 4 and 5 vocabulary tests from the SAT/ACT lists. These are not available online, so please be sure to have copies of these!
We will be working in-class on diagramming and also the Point of View handout.
Do not forget to be reading your book for independent reading. I will need a notecard announcing which book you are reading by Friday.

Short Story Unit Week 3: Poison

Update: Harrison Bergeron is due Monday, November 11th. The text is available via online...a printable version is also available.

This week, we are focusing on Point of View and also reading Roald Dahl's "Poison". You will not be able to get the Point of View handout online or via e-mail. The text for "Poison" is now available.
A new planner, which will take us through Thanksgiving, is now available.
Root Test #4 is Friday. Also, be advised, there will be weekend homework this week, as we start "Harrison Bergeron" on Friday.
The AP Reading List (for independent reading) has been revised and is now up-to-date!
The "Grin" rubric link is now active, by the way, so be sure to check and see what is acceptable for your assignments!

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.

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

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
  

Odyssey Week 2

We now head into the critical portions of the Odyssey. Get the revised planner to stay up to date.
First, Books 9 and 10 study questions are due on Tuesday. I have added a modern English version of the Odyssey for those of you who are slower readers or want to read the story in more depth. The online reading chapters Books 9 and 10 are not required, as all the questions can be read from the text. These have been e-mailed to you or can be found via Snapgrades.
The full Book 11 is required, again this can be found via Snapgrades.
I have also sent out a template for typing assignments to help students with the problems of margins and using bullets or numbers. In addition, version 1 of the "'Grin Rubric" has been completed, so that students (and parents) have a better idea how I grade and how points "disappear" from assignments.
Book 13-24 study questions are also now available!
Tuesday 9.30: Book 9 and 10
Wednesday 10.1 Book 11 (the critical essentials handout will be distributed Monday and is needed to complete the Book 11 study questions)
Thursday 10.2 Book 12 (will be provided Tuesday)
Friday 10.3: Literary Terms Test (first page of the handout)