HW for Wednesday, 2/29

Independent Reading Project Week One:

Please answer the following question about your independent reading book. Be sure to follow the paper formatting guidelines we discussed in class.

Week 1 Question: What book did you choose? Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did you agree to it? (100 words)

HW for Tuesday, 2/28

Pick 2 poems that you would like to submit to the Parkmont Poetry Festival -- these may be poems you've written for this class or ones you've written at other times.  Your two poems must be typed and on 2 separate sheets of paper.

HW for Monday, 2/27

Read "The Monkey's Paw" and be prepared to answer questions about it tomorrow -- Tuesday's warm-up will be a brief quiz on the reading.

What's going on in session 4? (Some clues, and your warm up.)

We're more than halfway through the year!  Congratulations!
This session, we're focusing on mysteries . . . oooooh!

We'll start with some short stories, then move on to a novel . . . I won't tell you yet what it is, but I'll give you some clues this week and next, so pay attention . . .

For today's warm up, let's review some literary techniques from last session, and see how familiar you are with this session's techniques.  Try out these warm ups . . .

This one first:
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz1068229a8.html

Then this:
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2309931a72b00.html

Once you've done all of that, try this:
http://zone.msn.com/en/bookworm/default.htm?intgid=gb_FreeOnlineWordTrivia+List_3_book

HW for Wednesday, 2/15

1) Study for your vocab quiz tomorrow.  If you need the words, click here.

2) If you have not completed all three anthology checklists, do that.
Here they are:
Checklist 1
Checklist 2
Checklist 3

3) And remember, IRP is due Friday. See instructions from last Friday.

HW for Tuesday, 2/14

Complete everything on today's anthology checklist.

Daily Warm Up/Instructions for Tuesday, 2/14

By now, you should have completed everything from yesterday's checklist.

So pick up a copy of today's checklist . . .

Work on that during class today.