28 September 2010

Wake me up when September ends.

Another full five day week commences.  We're well into Of Mice and Men, The Scarlet Letter, and The Crucible.  Keep up your reading!  Half of the quarter has already passed.

English 11:
  • Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz on Thursday
  • Of Mice and Men Chapters 3 and 4 this week (Second half of Chapter 3 due Thursday)
  • OMM Film Analysis
  • PSAT Practice
  • Notemaking for Of Mice and Men
 English 11 AP:
  • The Scarlet Letter Reading (Due dates for reading are listed on AP English page
  • PSAT Practice (PSAT Test is on Wednesday, October 13th)
  • The Crucible Act II on Wednesday/Thursday   

20 September 2010

The Official Last Week of Summer.

Welcome to our first five day week as well as the week leading up to the first day of fall!  :)

No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
~John Donne
English 11:
  • The American Dream Brainstorm and Discussion
  • John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" Analysis
  • Of Mice and Men Chapter 2
  • Vocabulary Unit 2 
  • PSAT Practice
English 11 AP:
  • Finish Act I of The Crucible
  • Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz (on Thursday/Friday)
  • "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Scarlet Letter Introduction and Book Sign-Out
  • PSAT Practice 
  • Visit to Student Services
The Scarlet Letter Reading Schedule is available on the AP English page.  
WEEKEND HOMEWORK: Chapters 2-4 of SL 

We are the Eagles.

America: The Land of Poetry