The Road to Winter Break.

Hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.  We're in it for the long haul until winter break in a few weeks with five day weeks all around.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

Periods 1 & 2:

• Death of a Salesman Reader Response Journal (What Makes a Good Parent?)
• Death of  Salesman Act I, pp. 42-61
• Vocabulary Unit 5 Introduction this week (Quiz will be next Thursday)
• Symbols in Death of a Salesman

Periods 4A & 4B:

• Huck Finn Chpts. 1-7 due Tuesday (4A), Chpts. 8-11 due Thursday (4A)
• Huck Finn Chpts. 8-10 due Wednesday (4B), Chpts. 11-12 due Friday (4B)
• Transcendentalism Introduction (Excerpts from Emerson's Nature, Thoreau's Walden)

Thanksgiving Break! :)

Parent conferences are this on Monday and Tuesday night from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.  

Thanksgiving Encroaches.

This is our last five day week before Thanksgiving break next week.  We've wrapped one whole quarter, we've started the second one, and the air is crisp.  Go outside, embrace the Romantic spirit, and take in the splendid atmosphere of nature itself.

English 11:

• Of Mice and Men Essays due this week (Wednesday for Period 1, Friday for Periods 2 and 6)
• Unit 4 Vocab quiz on Thursday 
• 10 matching, 5 synonyms/antonyms, 10 completing the sentence, 5 original sentences
• Death of a Salesman Act One, pp. 11-27
• Reader Response Journal due on Friday/Monday
• Death of a Salesman Act One, pp. 28-43

English 11 AP:

• Scarlet Letter Essays due on Wednesday for Period 4A, Monday for Period 4B
• Unit 2 Vocab quiz on Friday/Monday
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 1-7
• Mark Twain/Samuel L. Clemens: Person vs. Persona 
• Twain Introductory PowerPoint 

Week of 11/1: The Long-Awaited Three Day Week

This is the last week of first quarter.  Make sure to make up any missing assignments and to keep track of your grade by checking TeacherEase.  We also have a three day week as tomorrow is Election Day and Friday is a professional day for teachers. 

English 11:

• Of Mice and Men Persuasive Essay Rough Draft
• County Assessment
• Modernism PPT

English 11 AP:

• County Assessment
• Romanticism PPT 
• Romantic and Dark Romantic Poetry