September 27

Today we read part of a plot summary of Faust in class.  Please finish reading it and do the questions for Monday.  Also have the terms lists completed.  Your character sketches and other writing should also be in by Monday.  Have a wonderful weekend.

September 26

Today with most of the class away, we looked at the example character sketch in your elements of the short story booklet.  Then I asked everyone to fix up their rough copies of their character sketches and their Tell Tale Heart tension paragraphs. I also passed out the word list for next week's quiz.  We will be starting a new story tomorrow.

September 20

Today we talked about The Tell Tale Heart and you had to annotate a section of the story in groups.  Only 2 groups had time to present so we will finish on Tuesday.  You should have the 2 paragraphs (or 1 long one) on the most tense or horrific part of the story done and handed in.  Also the two sided sheet on characterization and tension should also be in.  Have a great long weekend.

September 18

Today everyone was asked to read The Tell Tale Heart.  There is also going to be a quiz on the set of gothic fiction terms and list #4 tomorrow.  A chart was handed out with The Tell Tale Heart.  You should complete the chart but not do the questions.  Remember tomorrow is collaboration day.

September 12

Today we finished reading #13 and watched the rest of the movie.  We started working in groups to complete a short story worksheet.  We will continue this tomorrow.  It will be due on Monday for those at the band camp.

September 11

We continued reading #13 today and watched some of the movie adaptation. We will continue with this tomorrow.

September 9

WELCOME BACK!!!
Here we are again in school.  We have been working on grammar and punctuation for the last couple of days and we will begin our short story unit once all the class changes are finished.  Please make sure you have completed the grammar booklet that we did in class.