Parent Teacher Conferences Coming Up :-)

Pd 3
Multiple Choice Test Today!
Essay Test next Monday!

Pd 4 Finish reading Angela's Ashes by Monday.  You will have a multiple choice test on Tuesday.
Pd 7, 9
HW #1 Finish Reading Chapter 15 in Angela's Ashes.
Quiz on Chs 6-15 postponed til Monday- we have Career Day tomorrow :-)

Pd 6
Read chapters 21-22 in The Color of Water.  Expect a short reading quiz to follow.

Pd 6 Seniors: HW # 10 Read Ch 18
1) Why does James really want the family to move to Delaware?
2) Name and describe three opportunities that James gained while living in Delaware.
3) What college did James get into?  What was Ruth's reaction?

Juniors Pd 3: HW #9 Write down:
A-  Two questions you have about the book.
B- Two possible themes of the book, with short explanations.
C- Two important literary devices or techniques found in the book, with short explanations.

Seniors Pd 6:
HW #9 You can find the text of "The Weary Blues" here.
Rewrite: Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.)  used in "The Weary Blues". Using specific details from that passage, in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.
Write: Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both Passage I ("The Weary Blues") and Passage II (Chapter 17) to establish a controlling idea about sadness. Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and
details from both Passage I and Passage II.

Pd 3:
HW #7: Finish reading Chapter X.  Describe the plan to run away, explain how it failed, and tell what happened next. (Due Tuesday)
HW #8 Read Chapter 11.  Summarize the chapter. (Due Wednesday)
Pd 4 Teaching Project Homeworks
Pd 7 and 9 Teaching Project Homeworks

PD 3: HW #6:  Read Chapter 9- Chapter 10 (up to the middle of page 83)
1)  What is hypocritical about Master Thomas Auld’s religion?   Be specific.
2)Who is Mr. Covey and why does Frederick Douglass get sent to live with him?
3)  What is Mr. Covey like?
4)  What occurs at Mr. Covey’s that changes Douglass forever?Pd 4 Teaching Project Homeworks
Pd 7 and 9 Teaching Project Homeworks

Pd 6: Test Monday

Pd 4 Teaching Project Homeworks
Pd 7 and 9 Teaching Project Homeworks

Pd 3 Juniors: #5 Type your short story.

Pd 4, 7, 9 Juniors: Teaching Project Rubric-- lesson due Monday.

Pd 6 Seniors:
HW #8  Read Chapters 15 and 16
1.  Why was Ruth so conflicted about entering the church?  (Make sure to include concepts from the text as a whole)
2.  Why was "teaching Mommy to drive" important enough to merit its own chapter?