English 10

Keep reviewing for the test on Thursday.

English 9

Tomorrow, there will be a five sentence quiz on using indefinite pronouns (like anyone and somebody etc.) and verbs.

Also, do questions 1-5 on "The Parsley Garden". Keep reviewing short story terms for the test on Thursday.

Communications 12

Be sure to hand in your visual design assignment on the variety show.  Also, Vocabulary #3 packages are due tomorrow.

English 10

Tomorrow, hand in your good copy of the paragraph you wrote in class today.  In the paragraph, you are to give three thoughtful, well expressed reasons why you prefer either the short story "Harrison Bergeron" or the movie version.
Make sure you have your green short story review sheets completed for the following stories:  "The Inheritor", "The Telltale Heart", "The Metaphor", "The Possibility of Evil", "The Doll's House", and "Harrison Bergeron".  We will review these tomorrow.
Also, for those of you who wish to write a make up quiz on run-on sentences, sentence fragments, or the vocabulary quiz, here are the dates for when these must be completed:  the vocabulary quiz will be held on Monday, October 28th, the other two can be taken any time up until Friday, November 1st.
If you are missing any work, you must hand it in by November 1st as well.  I will not accept any work assigned before October 17th after November 1st.

English 9

Tonight, brainstorm some traits for the two sons in the short stories "A Penny in the Dust" and "The Father".  Tomorrow, you will be writing a paragraph on one of the sons.  You will have to have evidence from the stories to support your traits.

Communications 12

Your cover letters are due tomorrow.  Also, your second visual design assignment is due on Friday.

English 10

Fill in the green review sheets (make your own if you do not have enough) for "The Inheritor", "The Telltale Heart", "The Metaphor", "The Possibility of Evil", "The Doll's House" and "Harrison Bergeron".  Keep studying your literary terms in preparation for the short story test.

English 9

Tonight, finish the sheets on point of view (1 advantage and 1 disadvantage for each passage).  Also, list 4-5 ways the two fathers in "A Penny in the Dust" and "The Father" are similar and 4-5 ways they are different.  We will use these notes to write paragraphs tomorrow.

English 9

An epiphany is a sudden realization about an important truth.  It hits one like a bolt from the blue.

With this in mind, explain the epiphanies that the narrator and his father experience in "A Penny in the Dust".
Answer as fully as possible.

English 9

Finish reading "A Penny in the Dust" and answer questions 3,4,and 5 in the new edition of the text. If you have the old edition, answer questions 1,4,and 6.

English 10

Tonight, fill in the green review sheet for "The Metaphor". Also, your paragraph on whether "The Doll's House" is an optimistic or pessimistic story.

English 10

Tonight, fill in the green short story review sheet for "The Telltale Heart".

English 9

Tomorrow, we will have a short story test.  Make sure to review your short story terms (green package) and the stories themselves:  "Barney", "The Sea Devil", "The Veldt", "Wish You Were Here", and "The Witch".

English 10

Tonight, work on your review sheet for "The Telltale Heart".  Your extended metaphors are due tomorrow.

Communications 12

Tomorrow, we will have the vocabulary test.  Also, you will have to hand in your business letter asking for information on Gap Year programs

English 9

There will be a small quiz on apostrophes on Friday, so review them.  Also, start reviewing the green story term sheets.

Communications 12

We will have computers available in the last 30 minutes of class for you to write up your business letters.  The letters are due on Friday.  Also due on Friday are the vocabulary packages.  There will be no more class time dedicated to finishing them, so you might have to finish them at home.

English 10

Computer time has been confirmed for tomorrow.  You will have 20 minutes to type up and print your extended metaphors in the library computer lab.  If you do not need to use the school computers, you may read your independent novel during computer time.

Tonight for homework, fill in the review sheet for "The Inheritor".

English 9

Complete questions 1, 2, and 5 on "The Witch" tonight.  Also, begin to review the green sheets on story terms.  You will have a test on the first four short stories on Monday.

English 10

Your extended metaphors will be due on Friday.  In addition, finish reading "The Possibility of Evil" and do question #2 tonight.

Communications 12

Your business letter (requesting information about a Gap Year program) will be due on Friday.  Also, your vocabulary sheets will be due.  You will also have a vocabulary quiz on Friday.