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10/4-10/8

bmavrikos — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:10:54 +0000

Friday

Periods A, D, G: Read chapters 14-17 of Catcher in the Rye for next week.

Periods C, E: PSAT Prep – play Free Rice (vocabulary section) and post your highest contribution here!

9/27-10/1

bmavrikos — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:11:08 +0000

Friday

Periods A, D, G: Begin reading chapters 9-12 of Catcher in the Rye for next week.

Periods C, E: Bring pens, notebooks, and PSAT books for PSAT review.

Wednesday

Periods A, D, G: Test on chapters 1-4 of Catcher in the Rye on Monday, October 4. Includes assigned vocabulary.

Tuesday

Periods C, E: Quiz on The Crucible introductory material on Thursday, September 30. Includes biographical information about Arthur Miller, Puritanism, history of Salem, McCarthyism, vocabulary, and literary terms (drama, dialogue, stage directions, protagonist, antagonist, conflict, plot, tragedy, comedy, melodrama, theocracy, setting, mood, and acts/scenes).

Period G: Answer the following question in your notebooks:

Holden told Mr. Spencer not to worry about him. What reason did he give for not worrying?

9/20 – 9/24

bmavrikos — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:09:17 +0000

Friday

Periods A, D, G: Read chapters 5-8 of Catcher in the Rye for Wednesday, September 28.

Monday

Periods C, E: Unit One test on Thursday, September 23. Includes questions on “The Sky Tree,” “How the World Was Made,” “Upon the Burning of Our House,” “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” vocabulary definitions, and literary terms.

Periods A, D, G: Quiz on “The Most Dangerous Game” on Thursday, September 23. Includes vocabulary and literary terms (conflict, internal conflict, external conflict).

9/13-9/17

bmavrikos — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:13:46 +0000

Thursday

Periods C, E: Finish questions 1-10 for “How the World Was Made” and “The Sky Tree” in your notebooks.

Periods A, D, G: Begin reading chapters 1-4 of Catcher in the Rye for next week.

Welcome!

bmavrikos — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:06:01 +0000

Thursday

Freshmen: be prepared to write your character analysis for the summer reading (Tears of a Tiger) on Tuesday, September 14. You must bring your novel, notebook, and completed graphic organizer.

Sophomores: be prepared to write your book review for the summer reading (The Wordy Shipmates) on Monday, September 13. You must bring your novel, notebook, and completed graphic organizer.