May 24

Today we did the Raven.  Please get the assignments done over the weekend.  Have a great one.

May 23

Today we did a poetry pre-test and then had a quiz on terms list #8 and marked it. 

Your Lady of Shallot stuff should have been handed in today as well.

May 21

Today we read The Lady of Shallot.  You should also have handed in your Mockingbird essays.  Please have the Shallot stuff done for tomorrow.

May 17

Today we did an assignment on inference using the poem A Way Through the Woods.  You had to formulate questions, answer one in a paragraph and then comment on another person's paragraph.  After this we discussed the poem a little more.  Please catch up on any NHI work over the long weekend.  Have a great one.

May 16

Today we had a quiz on terms list #7.  We will have a quiz on terms list #8 next week.  After we marked it we went through the notes on annotating and then looked at a picture of a forest.  I asked you to annotate the picture with your thoughts and impressions.  After this, I read Kipling's Way Through the Woods and asked you to write down your impressions of the poem on the picture.  Finally, Mockingbird essays should be in tomorrow but Tuesday is fine.

May 14

Today we started  our poetry unit by looking at 2 poems.  Please complete the definition worksheet and the poem for tomorrow.  We will complete poetry terms lists 7 & 8 for the quiz on Thursday in class tomorrow.  Remember that your To Kill a Mockingbird Essays are due on Friday.

May 10

Today we did the unit final for Mockingbird.  Please have all your assignments in except the essay on Monday.  It would be good if a rough copy of your essay was done for Monday.  Have a great weekend.

May 9

Today we discussed the quotes to chapter 16 and I assigned the rest for homework.  Your unit exam is tomorrow.  Please get all the other missing worksheets done too.

May 8

Today was record sheet day.  After this we discussed the quotations in the booklet and practiced writing analyses for them.  Please have the analyses done to the end of quotation #16 for tomorrow.  The exam will be on Friday.

May 7

Today we talked a little more about the novel and about some of the stereotypes etc. that existed in the south at the time.  Please do the white trash question sheet for homework.  Also do all the small quotes and symbols sheets for tomorrow.  We will catch up on other stuff like the big quotations booklet tomorrow.

May 6

Today we watched the end of the Mockingbird movie.  Please get your quotes and symbols assignments in for tomorrow.  NO other homework.

May 3

Today people worked on the symbols assignment and their linking experiences and 3 points of view sheets.  We also started watching the Mockingbird movie.  Please have the symbols sheet done for Monday and the others if you did not hand them in already. Have a nice weekend.

May 2

Today we had a quiz on Mockingbird and then some time to work on the 3 points of view and the linking experiences sheets.  These are due tomorrow.  The symbols one is due on Monday.