* Wednesday June 1st (P-6) and Thursday June 2nd (P-7 and P-8): THE GREAT GATSBY TEST IS TODAY!!! BE SURE TO STUDY!!!
* Due Wednesday June 1st (P-8): Read Ch. 7,8 and 9 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Tuesday May 31st: Read Ch. 7, 8 and 9of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Friday May 27th: Read Ch. 6 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Thursday May 26th: Read Ch. 5 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Wednesday May 25th: Read Ch.4 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Tuesday May 24th: Read Ch. 3 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Monday May 23rd: Read Ch.2 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Thursday May 19th and Friday May 20th: Finish reading Ch.1 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Due Wednesday May 18th (P-8 Thursday): Read Ch.1 pages 1-15 of The Great Gatsby and answer the corresponding questions on the Study Guide.
* Monday May 16th: Test on Civil War, Realism and Regionalism Literature is TODAY!! Be sure to study!!!
* Reminder: If you would like me to write you a recommendation letter, my deadline for requests is Friday May 13th! *
* Due Thursday May 12th/Friday May 13th: Complete Unit 12 in the Vocabulary book.
* Due Wednesday May 11th: Outline pages 654-657 in text book.
* Due Tuesday May 10th: Read A Mystery of Heroism pages 593-561 in the text book.
* Due Monday May 9th (P-7 due Tuesday): Outline pages 558-560 and read An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge.
* Thursday May 5th: The Their Eyes Were Watching God test is TODAY!! Be sure to study!!
* Due Wednesday May 4th: Unit 11 Vocab Essay/Story due today.
* Due Monday May 2nd: Complete Their Eyes Were Watching God (Ch. 19 & 20) and answer the corresponding questions.
***Enjoy your Easter Vacation***
* Due Thursday April 21st: Read Ch. 18 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding questions.
* Due Tuesday April 19th and Wednesday April 20th (P-7 and P-8): Read Ch. 16 & 17 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding questions.
* Due Monday April 18th: Read Ch. 12-15 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding questions.
* Monday April 18th: There will be a quiz on the chapters 1-12 in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Be sure to study your questions and that you have read the book rather than just sparknotes.
* Due Thursday April 14th: Read Ch. 10 & 11 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding questions.
* Due Wednesday April 13th: Read Ch. 8 & 9 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding questions. Complete Unit 11 Vocabulary.
* Due Tuesday April 12th: Read Ch. 7 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding questions.
* Due Monday April 11th: Transcendentalism Soundtrack Project!! Read Ch. 6 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding study questions.
***HAVE A WONDERFUL JUNIOR PROM!!!
* Due Wednesday April 6th and Thursday April 7th (P-8): Read Ch. 5 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding study questions.
* Due Monday April 4th: THE FINAL LITERARY CRITICISM PAPER - bring a hard copy to class and submit to turnitin.com by midnight.
* Due Monday April 4th: Read Ch. 3 & 4 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding study questions.
* Due Friday April 1st: Read Ch.2 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding study questions.
* Due Thursday March 31st: Read Ch.1 of Their Eyes Were Watching God and answer the corresponding study questions.
* Due Tuesday March 29th: Read "About the Author" and "About the Book" at the end of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
* Due Friday March 25th: Read the Foreword of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
* Due Thursday March 24th: Find what you believe to be the 7 most significant dates in Nora Zeal Hurston's life from the Chronology in the back of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
* Wednesday March 23rd: In class Vocab 10 Essay today.
* Due Monday March 21st: LCP Rough Draft is due today - bring two hard copies to class for editing and submit to turnitin.com by midnight tonight!
* Due Wednesday March 16th and Thursday Marth 17th (P-7): Read Thoreau's "Walden" pages 381-391. Work on LCP.
* Due Tuesday March 15th and Wednesday March 16th (P-8): Read Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" pages 369-376 and 380 and completed Unit 10 Vocabulary.
* Due Monday March 14th: LCP Outline is due today in class and to turnitin.com by midnight! This is a change from the original date!
* Due Thursday March 10th: Read Emerson's "Self Reliance" pages 363-366 and 368. Bring your Vocab book to class.
* Tuesday March 8th (Happy Mardi Gras): Romanticism Test is TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!!
* Due Monday March 7th: Work on Outline, study for Romanticism Test and read Langston Hughes' poem I Too on pages 924-925.
* Due Thursday March 3rd (P-6) and Friday March 4th (P-7 and P-8): Finish reading I Hear America Singing, I Sit and Look Out and Song of Myself on pages 396-403 and then choose one of Whitman's poems and re-write it to represent your lifestyle or traditions.
* Due Wednesday March 2nd (P-6 and P-7) and Thursday March 3rd (P-8): Finish your floor plan for The Masque of the Red Death.
* Due Tuesday March 1st: Read pages 454-461 Poe's The Masque of the Red Death. There may be a pop quiz...
* Monday Feb. 28th: The Unit 9 Vocabulary Quiz is today - BE SURE TO STUDY!!!
* Due Friday Feb. 25th: Intro paragraph and thesis statement for the LCP is due today in class and to turitin.com - this is worth a quiz grade. There is a sample introductory paragraph under handouts if you need an example.
* Due Thursday Feb. 24th: Unit 9 Vocabulary and read The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe in the text book and answer the questions pertaining to the poem that are under handouts.
* Due Friday Feb. 18th: Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz is due today. Keep in mind you must correctly use 10-15 out of the possible 20 words from Unit 8 in your story or personal essay.
* Due Wednesday Feb. 16th (P-8): Finish reading The Devil and Tom Walker in your text book. We left off on page 354.
* Due Wednesday Feb. 16th: Literary Criticism and Facts of Life worksheets - part of the LCP process. Each of these is a quiz grade.
* Due Friday Feb. 11th: Finish reading Irving's The Devil and Tom Walker in your text book and outline pages 446-453.
* Friday Feb. 11th: P-7 and P-8 are in the Library today - come prepared with your Literary Criticism materials. Print the Literary Criticism and Facts of Life worksheets that are under handouts on this website. Also, please bring your copy of the book Rules for Writers.
* Thursday Feb. 10th: We are in the Resource Lab today - come prepared with your Literary Criticism materials. Print the Literary Criticism and Facts of Life worksheets that are under handouts on this website. Also, please bring your copy of the book Rules for Writers.
* Due Wednesday Feb. 9th (P-7) and Thursday Feb. 10th (P-6 and P-8): Complete Unit 8 in your vocabulary book.
* Due Tuesday Feb. 8th (P-7 due in class on Wednesday but to turnitin.com Tuesday): PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS. Question and answer format. The questions/instructions are in your research paper packet and in the same packet under handouts on this website. This is worth TWO quiz grades! This must be submitted to turnitin.com by Tuesday night as well.
* Due Monday Feb. 7th and Tuesday FEb. 8th (P-8): Write your own stanza for Longfellow's Psalm of Life.
* Due Friday Feb. 4th: Outline pages 340-342 in the text book.
* Thursday Feb. 3rd: Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!!
* Due Thursday Feb. 3rd: What I Know/Need to Know worksheet is due. You must download/print this worksheet off of my website, complete it and turn it in.
* Due Tuesday Feb. 1st: Author Information worksheet.
* Due Monday Jan. 31st: Author Information due - Name, DOB/DOD (if relevant) and the work of that author you will use for your research paper.
* Due Wednesday Jan. 26th and Thursday Jan. 27th (P-8): Read the Declaration of Independence on pages 270-276 in your text book and write down the 10 lines that you feel are most important/influential.
* Due Tuesday Jan. 25th: Complete the worksheets about Patrick Henry's speech.
* Due Thursday Jan. 20th: Bring your text book to class! Enjoy the long weekend!
* Friday Jan. 14th: The McCarthy vs. The Crucible test is TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!
* Due Monday Jan. 10th: Read and take notes on pages 256-258 and 262-266 in the text book.
* Due Friday Jan. 7th: Unit 7 Vocabulary
* Due Wednesday Jan. 5th: Choose a scene from The Crucible and create a comic strip for that scene - it must have at least four frames. This is a quiz grade - get creative!
* Due Monday Dec. 13th: FINAL PAPER FOR THE CRUCIBLE!!! Hard copy in class and to turnitin.com by midnight!!!
* Due Friday Dec. 10th: The Extra Credit Christmas Carol Quiz.
* Thursday Dec. 9th: There is an after school review for the exam today! This will be additional questions/answers that I will give you from the exam.
* Wednesday Dec. 8th: There is an after school review for the exam today! This will allow you additional time to copy questions from old tests and quizzes.
* Due Tuesday Dec. 7th: Rough drafts are due TODAY!! We will peer edit them in class.
* Monday Dec. 6th: There is a Quiz on The Crucible TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!!
* Due Friday Dec. 3: Outline and list of sources for your research paper. If you need help, please come see me before or after school.
* Due Wednesday Dec. 1 (P-6) Thursday Dec. 2 (P-7 and P-8): Finish Act IV of The Crucible and complete the study questions.
* Due Tuesday Nov. 30 (P-6 and P-7) Wednesday Dec. 1 (P-8): Read through page 235 and answer questions 1-8. Also, register for your class on Turnitin.com. If you forgot your classes information click on Turnitin.com information in the tool bar on the left to get it.
* Due Wednesday Nov. 24: Topic and Thesis statement for your research paper are due!!! If you do not have my class and will not remember to submit it or will be absent on Wednesday - you need to turn it in on Tuesday!!
* Due Tuesday Nov. 23: Finish reading Act III and complete the remaining study questions.
* Due Monday Nov. 22: Read Act III of The Crucible pages 207-214 and answer questions 1-14 in the packet.
* Friday Nov. 19: Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!! Be sure to study!!
* Due Thursday Nov. 18: Finish Act II questions in packet.
* Due Tuesday Nov. 16 (P-6) and Wednesday Nov. 17 (P-7 & P-8): Answer questions 13-16 for Act II in packet.
* Due Monday Nov. 15 (P-6 & P-7) and Tuesday Nov. 16 (P-8): Read pages 198-200 of Act II and answer questions #7-12 in the packet.
* Due Friday Nov. 12: Complete Unit 6 Vocabulary.
* Due Thursday Nov. 11: Read pages 191-195 of Act II and answer the corresponding questions in your packet (#1-6).
* Tuesday Nov. 9: Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!! Be sure to study!!
* Due Monday Nov. 8: Answer Think Critically #4 on page 190 of the text book. This should be at least a paragraph and include examples from Act I of The Crucible. We are in the library today so don't forget to report straight there!
* Due Thursday Nov. 4 (P-6) Friday Nov. 5 (P-7 and P-8): Character analysis and Act I discussion questions worksheets for The Crucible.
* Due Wednesday Nov. 3 (P-6 and P-7) Thursday Nov. 4 (P-8): Unit 5 Vocabulary.
* Tuesday Nov. 2: Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!! Be sure to study!!
* Due Monday Nov. 1: Read through page 180 of Act I of The Crucible in your text book.
* Due Friday Oct. 29: Writing Option #3 on page 159 - a public service announcement.
* Due Thursday Oct. 28: Unit 4 Vocabulary
* Due Wednesday Oct. 27: Writing Option #1 on page 99 for Extra Credit.
* Monday Oct. 25 (P-6) and Tuesday Oct. 26 (P-7 and P-8): Unit 3 Native/Early American Literature Test is TODAY!!! BE SURE TO STUDY!!!
* Due Monday Oct. 25 (P-8): Actively read pages 109-115 in text - My Sojourn in the Lands of my Ancestors. Begin reviewing for the test.
* Due Thursday Oct. 21st (P-6 and P-7): Actively read pages 109-115 in text - My Sojourn in the Lands of my Ancestors. Begin reviewing for the test.
* Due Tuesday Oct. 19th: Coyote Stories Handout/Project. This is a project/test grade.
* Friday Oct. 15th: Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!!
* Due Thursday Oct. 14 (P-6 and P-7): Complete the plagiarism tutorial at
https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/ and bring me the completion certificate. This is a quiz grade.
* Due Tuesday Oct. 12 (P-8): Complete the plagiarism tutorial at
https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/ and bring me the completion certificate. This is a quiz grade.
* Due Friday Oct. 7 (P-8): Unit 3 Vocabulary
* Due Thursday Oct. 6 (P-6 and P-7): Unit 3 Vocabulary
* Tuesday Oct. 5: Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!!
* Due Monday Oct. 4: Read 'World on a Turtle's Back' pages 24-30 and answer #1-4 on page 31 including the comprehension check.
* Due Friday Oct. 1: Unit 2 Vocabulary.
* Thursday Sep. 30th: Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz is TODAY!!! Be sure to study!!!
* Due Tuesday Sep. 28: Outline pages 20-22 in the text book.
* THURSDAY SEP. 23: YOUR SUMMER READING TEST IS TODAY - BE SURE TO STUDY MARK TWAIN/HUCKLEBERRY FINN AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY/THE SUN ALSO RISES!! GOOD LUCK!!
* Due Wednesday Sep. 22: 3 questions about MLA format or plagiarism are due.
* Tuesday Sep. 21: Report directly to the auditorium today for PSAT orientation. Bring your English notebook/binder and The Sun Also Rises with you.
* Due Monday Sep. 20: Choose a character from The Sun Also Rises and write a letter to Lady Bret Ashley from that character. Tell her how you feel about her/what you think of her. Be specific, the reader should be able to tell what character you are before they read the salutation at the end.
* Due Thursday Sep. 16: Ernest Hemingway information worksheet.
* Due Wednesday Sep. 15: Unit 1 Vocabulary.
* Due Monday Sep. 13: Your Google Map is due today.
* Thursday Sep. 9: Link your google map to the class wiki that you joined while in the tech lab on Wednesday.
* Wednesday Sep. 8: All classes are to meet in the tech lab to work on their Google Map of Huck and Jim's journey. Be sure that your summer reading project is uploaded to Google Docs.
* Due Tuesday Sep. 7: Write a Eulogy for Pap Finn. A Eulogy is similar to an obituary, something that would be in a newspaper after he has passed away or read at his funeral. You can talk about what a scoundrel he was or try to take a positive position - be creative. This should be at least two paragraphs. Also, be sure that your summer reading is uploaded to Google Docs.
* Due Tuesday Sep. 7: P-7 - Signed class policy is due today - this is worth a quiz grade!
* Due Friday Sep. 3rd: P-6 and P-8- Signed class policy is due today - this is worth a quiz grade!