Ninth graders completed two vocabulary puzzles for a grade and read and wrote about, variously, Maus and the Book Thief.
Ninth graders will have a writing vocabulary quiz tomorrow over the following words: objective, void, clatter, condolences, pragmatic, stoop, neurotic, liquidate, shrine, pauper, obscure, hasty, feat, diminutive, pacify, textiles, pogrom, harrowing, systematically, dowry, sanitarium.
Your written answers to the Maus questions are due Wednesday, January 18, 2012. Make sure that you check out a book this weekend if you need to do so.
Juniors wrote poetry and took a quote quiz today.
Tomorrow, please bring to class FIVE written (preferably typed) discussion questions relating in some way to pages 1-110 of Malcolm X. You will also have a vocabulary check on the first 20 words from your green sheet.
Your due dates in January are currently as follows:
Friday, January 13, 2012: Five written questions and vocabulary check;
Tuesday, January 17, 2012: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" read and annotated;
Wednesday, January 18, 2012: Oedipus poem in class and to turnitin.com;
Thursday, January 19, 2012: Read and annotate through page 239 of Malcolm X;
Monday, January 22, 2012: Vocabulary test or AP writing;
Tuesday, January 23, 2012: Penultimate draft of commencement speech;
Friday, January 27, 2012: Read and annotate through page 348 of Malcolm X;
Tuesday, January 31, 2012: Final of commencement speech in class and turnitin.com.
Have a great day!
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