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Due Thursday May 1: Call of the Wild paragraph final draft typed. Attach rough and chunks.

Due April 30: Call of the Wild paragraph---rough draft (plus yesterday's chunks).

Due Tuesday April 29: Call of the Wild paragraph chunks with Topic Sentence.

Due Friday and beyond...to Friday May 16: Mythic Journey stories, typed.

Due Thursday April 24: Finish reading Call of the Wild; test on entire story; bring mythic journey stry materials to class to work on after test.

Due Wednesday April 23: Ch 6; test Thursday on all 7 chapters.

Due Tuesday April 22: Call of the Wild through Ch 5; test on book Thurs.

Due Monday April 14: Topic Sentence, Chunks and rough draft for Indian paragraph.

Due Monday March 10: 00000000000

Due Friday March 7: 0000000000

Due Thursday March 6: Read pp 557-564; Do questions 1-5 p 564.

Due Tuesday March 4: Read pp 552-556. Do Questions 1-3.

Due Monday, March 3: Runagate paragraph project: Write Topic Sentence and 3 chunks.

Due Friday Feb 29: Reread Runagate Runagate p 656. Fill out a brainstorm sheet covering the folloowing areas: *literary devices used and their effects   *the layout (form) of the poem   * the change in Voices (narrators)     *explanation for Part II's different parts---what is the effect of the different parts?
 
Due Tuesday Feb 12: Find another poem by "your" country of origin poet. Be prepared to read it to the class.

Due Monday Feb 11: Prepare poetry presentations.

Due Friday Feb 8: Test on Poetry Terms.

Due Fri Feb 15: Poetry Poster. Stay tuned for further details.

Due Monday Feb 4: Be able to recite one of the two assigned poems---no notes.

Due Tues January 29: Research/find a poet from your country of origin. Write out one of his/her poems, and compose a short biographical sketch.

Due Tues Feb 4: Memorize one of the following poems for an in-class presentation. Frost, p 659; Shakespeare p 704.

3rd QTR ***************************************************************

Due Thursday Dec 13: 000000000000

For Wednesday Dec 12: 0000000000

For Tuesday Dec. 11: Tears of Autumn paragraph, chunks, rough, final draft due at end of class.

For Monday Dec 10: Tears of Autumn chunks and rough draft by end of class Monday.

For Friday Dec 7: 000000000

For Thursday Dec 6: 0000000000

For Wednesday Dec. 5: 000000000

For Tuesday Dec 4: p 246 questions 1-5.

For Monday Dec 3: 000000000

For Friday Nov 30: 0000000000

Due Thursday Nov 29: 00000000

Due Wednesday Nov 28: Letter to Sherlock Holmes.

Due Tuesday Nov 27: 000000000

No homework over Thanksgiving Holiday!

Due Friday Nov 16: Persuasive essay-You are a Dutch journalist writing about the Germans' persecution of the Jews. Take a position!

Due Thursday Nov 15: Extract three main points from Powell's Sharing the American Dream. Write these down in complete sentences. See below.

Due Wednesday Nov 14: Extract three main points Lehrer makes in The Trouble with Television. Write these down in complete sentences: "One of Lehrer's points that he makes to persuade the reader is ..."

Due Tuesday Nov 13: OOOOOOOO

Due Friday Nov 9: OOOOOOOOOO

Due Thursday Nov 8: Literary terms test Thursday.

Due Wednesday Nov 7: Literary terms test Thursday.

Due Tuesday Nov. 6: Test on Act II AF. Literary terms test Thursday.

Due Monday Nov 5: Finish reading Anne Frank; Do questions at end of Acy II, 1-9.

Due Friday Nov 2: Read Anne Frank, II.i and II.ii.

Due Thursday Nov 1: AF test on Act I.

Due Wednesday Oct 31: AF I.v. pp 820-832- finish - then Do questions  1-8.

Due Tuesday Oct 30: AF I.iv. p. 814.

Due Monday Oct 29: AF I.iii. p 791.

Due Friday Oct 26: Read: AF, I.i. p 774.

Due Thusday Oct 25: Anne Frank, pp 730-740.

Due Wednesday Oct 24: Read beginning pages of Diary of Anne Frank, p. 730 ------

Due Tuesday Oct 23: Exercise compassion.

Due Monday Oct 22: Be kind to others.

Due Friday Oct 19: Read Hamadi, pp. 251-261.

Due Thursday Oct. 18: Reread/review Tell Tale Heart  as preparation for test.

Wednesday testing.

Due Tuesday Oct. 16: Tell Tale Heart Questions 1-9.

Due Monday October 15:OOOOOOOOO

Due Friday October 12:  OOOOOOO

Due Thursday Oct 11: Prepare readers theater preentation.

Due Wednesday, Oct. 10: Prepare readers theater preentation.

Due Tuesday Oct. 9: have a restful holiday.

Due Friday Oct. 5 Art posters due.

Due Thusday Oct 4: Finish Flowers; work on poster.

Due Wednesday Oct. 3: finish Flowers; work on poster

Due Tuesday Oct 2: read Flowers to p 329.

Due Monday Oct 1: Keep reading Flowers for Algernon...5-10 more pages beyond "Mar 10".

Due Friday Sept 28: Read "Flowers for Algernon" to "Mar 10".

Due Thursday Sept. 27: Patsy Barnes Questions 1-5.

Due Wednesday Sept 26: Read: The Finish of Patsy Barnes, p 282.

Requirements for ART POSTER:

1)    use poster board, one side at least 22"

2)    2" borders

3)    corner designs

4)    full color, no white areas

5)    no clip or computer art or collage; draw by hand!

6)    imclude author and title in big, designed letters

7)    all areas should be covered

8)    include an excerpt that relates to central image, bottom/center

9)    Central image should relate to the theme of the story

10)  mood imagery in borders and in corners

Always bring the appropriate books to class!